boohoo group plc said wednesday that pretax profit for fiscal 2022 fell after booking higher costs and that it expects the trends which hurt its performance in the second half to continue into the first half of fiscal 2023 the londonlisted online fashion retailer said that for the year ended feb 28 pretax profit was 78 million pounds 98 million compared with gbp1247 million for fiscal 2021 adjusted pretax profita key metric which strips out exceptional and other oneoff itemswas gbp825 million compared with gbp1499 million the prior year adjusted earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortizationthe companys preferred metricfell 28 to gbp1251 million boohoo said the company said this was due to gbp60 million of pandemicrelated shippingcost headwinds and investments related to the launch of new brands revenue rose to gbp198 billion from gbp175 billion the year before the group currently expects revenue growth to be broadly flat in the first half of fiscal 2023 as relatively higher returns rates lead to net sales being down year on year in the first quarter with a return to growth in the second quarter the company said