Dow Jones Newswires: Burberry’s same-store sales rise only slightly due to China’s COVID-19 restrictions

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Burberry Group PLC said Friday that comparable sales increased only slightly in the first quarter of fiscal 2023 as they took a significant hit from the effects of Covid-19 restrictions in China.

The British luxury-goods company UK:BRBY said comparable sales rose 1% in the three months ended July 2, with retail revenue increasing to 505 million pounds ($597.2 million) from GBP479 million for the year-earlier period.

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