Not many retailers are soaring ahead, but online fashion retailer boohoo (LON: BOO) has already foreshadowed sharp growth in the first half of the financial year to February 2020 ahead of its interims on Wednesday.
Trading was so positive that boohoo decided that to make an unexpected trading statement on 5 September. Normally that means bad news, but boohoo had good news across the board.
Sales of the boohoo brand are expected to have grown by nearly 29% in the first half, while the less mature Nasty Gal and Pretty Little Thing have grown by 151% and nearly 49% respectively. That is in...