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Next plc is a well established United Kingdom based retailer and a high street giant. Having started with selling predominantly clothing, shoes and accessories, it has also moved into home products, greetings cards and gifts. Next is channeled into three main distributors. It has Next Retail which is a chain of over 500 stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland; Next Directory which is a standard catalogue and website and Next International which deals with the more than 150 stores overseas.

Year on Year Next's income has grown since 2004 with non-changing revenues and is becoming an ever more popular high street shop. However, like most companies Next plc has taken a knock in the last 12 months with 2008 seeing a massive increase in the company's debt. But things must be on the up as at a recent close on Jan 23 2009 Next closed at 1,097 which is 40.55% above the company's lowest point of 780.50 which was set on October 17 2008. Perhaps this can be attributed to Next plc's purchase of Lipsy Ltd in October 2008, which is a popular fashion brand in the young womens' market.

In terms of share price, a reputed economical website has stated that 20 analysts offering 12 month price targets for Next (NXT:LSE) have a median target of 1,160, with a high estimate of 1,700 and a low estimate of 800.00. The median estimate represents a 5.74% increase from the last price of 1,097.