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FILE PHOTO: People at JD Sports Store in London, Britain April 11, 2017. REUTERS / Neil Hall / GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD Photo File
(Reuters) – JD Sports Fashion Plc reported better-than-expected full-year earnings on Tuesday, benefiting from a strong push in a tough retail environment at home.
Britain's biggest sportswear retailer, which said headline pretax profit jumped 15.5 percent to 355.2 million pounds for the 53 weeks ended Feb. 3.
As per company-supplied consensus, badysts had estimated a profit of 349.2 million pounds for the year.
Reporting by Muvija M in Bengaluru; Editing by Bernard Orr
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