Select is shoppers’ pick as it leaps ahead

The young fashion chain Select has revealed barnstorming trading over Christmas and vowed to open up to 40 new stores this year.

Its chief executive, Cafer Mahiroglu, said the 135-store retailer has “emerged as an ongoing success story in the battered high street retail market”. Select’s like-for-like sales jumped by 13 per cent over the four weeks to 29 December.

Mr Mahiroglu said: “I think people are looking for value for money, and with our average selling price of £7.35 this has brought increased footfall into our stores.”