Group sales up 5.1% on a like-for-like basis as online sales compensated for a tumble in department store customersJohn Lewis Partnership has reported strong sales over the Christmas period despite fewer customers visiting its department stores and tough trading at Waitrose.
Group sales for the six weeks to 2 January rose 4.1% from a year earlier to £1.81bn as sales at its John Lewis department store business,including online, rose 6.9% to £951.3m. At operations open a year or more, and John Lewis sales rose 5.1% with performance spread between homeware,fashion and technology.
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Source: theguardian.com