The owner of Supergroup has reported that the company has seen an 18.5% increase in total sales in its second quarter.

In the 13 weeks ending 27 October, the company’s international online sales have overtaken those from the UK. Total sales climbed to £116.6 million from £98.4 million in the previous year.

In the group’s retail division, sales have grown by 20% to £63.5 million while half year sales increased by 18.8% to £116.7 million and on a like-for-like basis the sales for the quarter were up 7.8%, and up 8.1% for the half year.

Wholesale sales for the quarter were £53.1 million, which is an increase of 16.7% on the prior year.

Supergroup chief executive Julian Dunkerton said: "We have delivered another strong trading performance, which has seen good sales growth in both the Retail and Wholesale divisions. At the same time as delivering revenue growth we continue to build the platform to support our strategy and I am pleased to report that the group remains on track with its infrastructure investments.”