IG Design Group has reported strong trading across both divisions for the H1 period ended 30 September. The primary driver is that the group’s retailer customers have brought forward their seasonal ordering to pre-empt a repeat of the supply chain challenges and disruptions that occurred in the run-up to Christmas 2021. The result of this reweighting towards H1 will be a significant improvement over last year’s difficult H1 period. As such, and mindful of the ongoing challenges of a difficult economic backdrop, there is no change to the Board’s expectations for FY23E’s full-year trading outturn. Our FY23E forecast is thus unchanged at this stage.