Sainsbury posts small rise in Christmas sales

Tesco updates on Thursday and is forecast to report a fall in UK sales at stores open over a year … Asda said on Monday it saw a good performance at Christmas both in store and online but will not release figures until February 20.
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Sainsbury warns on UK consumer spending after ‘best Christmas ever’

“We expect customers to spend cautiously in the few months following Christmas, in an attempt to rebalance the household finances,” Chief Executive Justin King said on Wednesday. That caution and a revision to its sales forecast for the full …
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Waitrose Christmas sales rise 3.1 percent

Sainsbury’s, one of Britain’s top three biggest supermarket chains alongside market leader Tesco and Wal-Mart Stores’ Asda, is being squeezed between hard discounters Aldi and Lidl and Waitrose and Marks & Spencer at the other end. Waitrose …
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Asda says ‘no gimmicks’ Christmas strategy pays off

The supermarket, battling with J Sainsbury to be Britain’s second largest grocer, is not scheduled to release its trading … and resulted in us seeing record footfall over the Christmas period.” Britain’s big grocers traditionally cope better …
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Snowden’s Christmas Message

With Snowden’s Christmas message, as with much of the coverage of … code named “Dropout Jeep,” designed to plant malware in iPhones to access text messages, emails, voice mail, and contact lists, listen to phone calls, activate the camera …
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Christmas failed to deliver as high street sales drop

It was not a Merry Christmas for Britain’s high streets as sales in December dropped by 2.2% for many retailers compared with a year before, according to figures from accountancy firm BDO. Sales on the high street dropped this year but it was …
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Christmas Tree Reincarnation

There are lots of creative Christmas tree recycling programs around the country, and in keeping with the holiday spirit, here are a few of them — set to verse. It’s the week after Christmas, and in every town You’ll see Christmas trees dying …
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Next Joins Christmas Winners as Shoppers Reward Consistency

Next Plc (NXT) joined John Lewis and House of Fraser in the U.K. Christmas winners column as those retailers with a consistent approach and a compelling multi-channel offer triumphed in the battle for festive business. Next, the U.K.’s second …
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