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By Amber Murray Next’s chief executive has sold £29m worth of shares in the FTSE 100 fashion and homeware store. Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise sold around 290,000 shares, leaving him with 950,000 shares worth £100m, Next told markets on Friday. News of the sale sent Next’s share price down 3.5 per cent, although it’s risen by 21.24 per cent in the year to date and 33 per cent in the last full year. The decision to offload shares is reportedly a form of “top slicing” by the retail boss, according to The Sunday Times. Wolfson last sold shares in January this year and before that in November 2020….

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