In Fiscal Year 2016, The Pre Tax Profit Of Primark Parent Company Increased By 6.7% Over The Same Period.

By the 2016 fiscal year ended September 17, 2016,

The company's Associated British Foods PLC (ABF PLC) Ying Lian Food Group recorded a pre tax profit of 1 billion 71 million pounds, which rose 6.7% from 1 billion 24 million a year earlier, far exceeding the 2% increase in the market and 1 billion 30 million pounds.

Good news prompted ABF PLC shares to open sharply on Tuesday, despite the company's main pillars.

Primark's 16 years of same store sales growth has gone down.

In the 2016 fiscal year, ABF PLC recorded a revenue of 13 billion 399 million pounds, up 6.7% from 12 billion 800 million a year earlier, and also significantly exceeded the market forecast of 13 billion 100 million pounds.

Britain / Ireland's cheap brand Primark / Penneys (hereinafter referred to as Primark) recorded a 11.3% revenue growth in fiscal year 2016 to 5 billion 949 million pounds, 5 billion 347 million in the same period last year, and 9% in fixed exchange rates.

However, the unusual warm weather during Christmas last year and the cold weather in 3 and April hindered the sales of Primark, and the same store sales for the first time in 16 years fell by 2%.

Due to the US dollar orders and sterling and euro sales, exchange rate fluctuations led to Primark sharp decline in operating profit margin of 100 basis points to 11.6% in the 2016 fiscal year. During the period, the adjusted operating profit was 689 million pounds, a 2.4% increase over the same period last year, and the fixed exchange rate increased by 1%.

Although Primark appeared an inflection point in 2016, the brand remained the most important profitable business for ABF PLC. During the period, ABF PLC adjusted its operating profit of 1 billion 118 million pounds, up 3.2% from 1 billion 82 million in the same period last year.

According to ABF PLC, the most important market for Primark expansion is continuous improvement in the US market.

The group said it was cheap.

With its popularity in the world's most competitive market, the brand has received an unexpected response, mainly due to its value for money and the breadth of its product range.

Contrary to Primark's performance, the Japanese brand Uniqlo UNIQLO, Uniqlo UNIQLO, has been blocked by expansion in the US market, expanding its losses and being squeezed out of Primark by Primark.

Primark recently opened a store in the shopping center of Danbury, Willow Grove and Freehold Raceway three.

In the 2016 fiscal year ended September 17, 2016, the Primark net sales increased to 1 million 200 thousand square feet, with 315 stores and 12 million 300 thousand square feet of total sales, with a total net sales of 22 stores and two stores refurbished. The expansion was concentrated in the second half of the fiscal year (net sales of 16 stores and 900 thousand square feet of sales area).

In addition, in the second half of the fiscal year, Primark entered the new market in Italy and opened a flagship store in Arese near Milan.

ABF PLC chief executive George Weston said that the 2016 fiscal year was a tough year, especially for the apparel retail market in the group's main business Primark.

On the same day, the rival Marks Spencer Group PLC (MKS.L), Martha's M&S M&S, was released on the same day, and the pre tax profit fell by 18.6% to 231 million 300 thousand pounds in the medium term. The British department store also announced that it would withdraw from the 10 largest deficit market, especially the withdrawal of the Chinese market, which made the industry in an uproar.

However, the market is following M&S's operations.