The home shopping giant took analysts to dinner on Tuesday night, when it impressed them with its business strengths as well as its cocktails.

N Brown’s shares were unfairly hit last year because of credit crunch fears, but the retailer is going from strength to strength.

A rise in active customer numbers, good credit control and internet strength were among the bull points taken away by brokers.

Kaupthing analyst Matthew McEachran said: “This was an excellent show by management, confirming that the business should be able to maintain its momentum.”

Investec’s David Jeary, who has a 300p price target, believes N Brown could make profits of£100 million or more by February 2011. He said: “This was a very strong and enthusiastic presentation. The evening underlined the strong growth prospects and quality management of the company and I reiterate my conviction buy stance.”