Trading statements from the high street will reveal whether any of the major names had reason to be merry or ended up with a sales hangoverIt’s all over for another year,meaning all thats left for you to do is: dispose of the piles of uneaten coconut eclairs wallowing in the Quality Street tin; visit your aged aunt in hospital and apologise for the bout of campylobacter she contracted following your rushed efforts to serve the Christmas turkey; and fill out an insurance form after the unlucky accident while trying out on the kids’ unique hoverboard.
There’s all that plus the start of the Christmas trading statement season, the traditional period at the beginning of each year when we find out which high-street chains have made a true Horlicks of flogging Christmas gifts this time.
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Source: theguardian.com