Profits soared by more than 250% at online fashion giant Asos as the latest Covid-19 lockdown kept high street stores closed.
Revenues at the retailer jumped 24% to £1.98bn in the six months to the end of February, with pre-tax profits up 253% to £106.4m.
Asos' 海角视频 sales were up 39% to £800.4m, compared with 18% in the EU, 16% in the US and 16% in the rest of the world.
The business said it benefited particularly from strong 海角视频 sales during the period - which covered the second English lockdown in November, the subsequent tiering and eventual third lockdown.
High street fashion rivals have been unable to open their doors throughout 2021 so far, but will be allowed to welcome back customers from next Monday.
The firm said: "Overall we saw a net Covid-19 tailwind of £48.5m- a benefit which we expect to reverse once we see restrictions lifted on the hospitality and tourism sectors."
The integration of the Topshop brands, which Asos bought out of administration earlier this year, is also progressing to plan, the company said, having relaunched the brands three weeks after acquiring them.
CEO Nick Beighton told the BBC the firm took on 300 of the brand's former staff as part of the acquisition, which took six weeks to complete.
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He said: "The uptake from our customers has been fabulous - these are iconic brands and we feel like we've put them into a natural home for them. We originally took over 300 staff and actually when we return these brands to their glory and what they should be in a digital first offer we will employ many more people to drive our business forward."
Asos said it has remained flexible in responding to demands for "lockdown" products, as sales of formal and outfits for social events remained low, and Mr Beighton said the firm has achieved its results by pivoting to give customers what they wanted in this time - especially "activewear" and "casualwear" categories.
Profit margins fell during the period, however, by 200 basis points - or 2% - due to increased freight and duty costs, alongside foreign exchange rate movements going against the company.
Bosses said they hope to be in a strong position, ready to capitalise on "event-led" products, when social restrictions ease.
Mr Beighton added he was looking forward to the reopening of non-essential shops from Monday, April 12,
"Going forward we are actually looking forward to shops reopening, we think shops and online can co-exist quite nicely.
"We think online will be about 50% of clothing going forward and we've always thought so. In the last 12 months, we've seen a massive step change online, but we think stores are vibrant, lovely places to hang out, but more customers will continue to shop online because of its convenient and compelling nature too."
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"Online is here to stay - it's been the trend for the last 10 to 20 years. Undoubtedly we've seen a massive step change in the last 12 months, but we love stores."
In its stock market announcement the company added: "We believe the shift to online retail as a result of the pandemic and the accelerating consolidation of offline retail has increased consumer confidence in shopping online.
"In the coming months we expect a portion of consumer demand will move back to stores as restrictions are eased throughout our markets, but we expect online penetration to remain structurally higher than pre Covid-19 levels."