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BUZZ-Next: Tops FTSE 100 on return to sales growth

** Next (EUREX: NXTJ.EX - news) +9.1 pct & tops UK bluechip index after co reports a return to quarterly sales growth

** Q2 full price sales rise 0.7 pct, compared with a consensus fall of 2.8 pct, helped by warm weather and better online offers

** The rise in sales comes against the background of a broader slowdown in spending on clothing and footwear

** Says remain "cautious" and is budgeting H2 full price sales to be down 1.2 pct

** Shares (Berlin: DI6.BE - news) , which have fallen ~10 percent this year, hit their highest since Jan 3