Lego Net Profit up 32% in First Half, 'Stronger than Expected': CEO to AFP

Lego net profit up 32% in first half, 'stronger than expected': CEO to AFP

"It has been stronger than expected in the first half across the board," Niels Christiansen said, adding that the family-owned Danish company expected double-digit growth for the full-year. "It's not one particular market, it's not one particular product or theme or thing," he said. Lego registered a net profit of 8.6 billion Danish kroner ($1.34 billion), up 32 percent from a year earlier, while revenue jumped by 26 percent at constant exchange…

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Lego CEO Niels Christiansen told CNBC the company is seeing strong sales at both ends of the pricing spectrum.