River Island is the latest in a raft of retailers to reveal flagging sales for last year. The retailer which operates 292 stores generated £932.7 million sales for the year to 26th December 2015, as compared to £931.6 million for the previous year. Operating profits fell marginally to £145.8 million from £146.6 for 2014. The business did state that its mobile sales were up by 30 per cent and that click and collect showed 40 per cent growth. It had also opened stores in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Chile and Peru.
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