The menswear maker, which produces garments for Tommy Hilfiger and Polo, expanded its profit by 56% in 2012 by improving its own high-end Black Labelbrand, which appeals to the growing ranks of middle-class men in second-tier cities.
Northern - which owns the Fox's brand and also makes own-label biscuits - said sales of biscuits in the October to December quarter were down 6% on the same period in 2001.