Retailer also says coronavirus pandemic has cost it 3bn of sales and £1bn of profit in the past 12 months
Primark reported record sales last week when non-essential retailers were allowed to reopen in England and Wales, with shoppers eager to buy spring and summer clothes, as well as stay-at-home staples.
Associated British Foods, which owns the clothing and homewares retailer, said more than half the stores broke their own sales records, as many of them offered extended opening hours. Large queues formed outside some shops before 7am on 12 April, following a three-month closure due to the latest coronavirus lockdown.
