will we see NXT at 500p and when ?

my own observation, being just a spot sample
of relevance to one small shop in one prime location .
I noted :
On December 23rd , there was no pre-xmas rush.
I spent 20 minutes in the Next shop browsing.
during that time there were a lot of people
(about 6-8 at a time)wandering in for browsing
and out again . However, all that time there were
more staff than customers in the shop . There were no purchases
made at all except one just when I was walking out .
The staff were busying themselves re-arranging the garments
which the browsing customers had displaced. At one point the
sales counter was left unattended with no buying customer in sight.
The shop re-opened for their (up-to)half-price sale
at 6am on Saturday 27th and I was told by staff that they had
customers
that early. The shop was full of customers later and there were
queues of buying customers attended by extra staff with silk
ribbons over their dress to make them look special .
The garments were supposedly marked
down by 30-50% but I did wonder if they were marked up before Xmas .
Today , Sunday 28th, with the bargains well picked over
the shop was still lively but the sales queue much shorter.
The Sunday Telegraph states that NXT is thought to have had
good Xmas sales (not my experience).
Their post-xmas sales so far were obviously good .
It is tricky to predict how the market short-term will respond to
this mixed picture, i,e, gloomy pre-Xmas, flurry after Xmas,
worry over winter sales in the New Year .
What next? What NEXT(NXT) indeed ?