FY2017 was very challenging for Next and seems to be one of the toughest for many years. The company has reported declining sales and profits which were expected. Full-year sales were down 1% to £4,055m. Next brand’s full-price sales were up 0.7%, while sales including markdowns decreased by 0.6%. Online sales have increased by 9.2% to £1,887m, which mitigated the 7.9% drop in retail sales (£2,123m). Overseas sales outperformed with growth of 26% to £295m. As reg ....