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(Sharecast News) - Next chief executive Simon Wolfson, also known as Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise, sold 20,272 shares in the retailer at 15,688.57p each for just over 3.1m.
Earlier this week, Next shares surged as the clothing and homeware retailer lifted profit guidance again after second-quarter full-price sales smashed estimates due to the hotter summer and the release of pentup demand in the Middle East and Northern Europe.
Next said on Wednesday that it now expects pretax profit of 1.24bn for 2026/27, an increase of 25m from its prior forecast in March, which itself was an upgrade from January.
It said the latest increase reflected the benefit of 70m in additional fullprice sales during Q2, which boosted profit by 15m, alongside a 10m uplift from strongerthanexpected returns on its equity investments.
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