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Tuesday 06 January 2015 8:26 pmHigh street stores lose sales to Black Friday and good weatherBy: Express KCSShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhat <a href=
www.stanley-uk.uk>stanley in uk</a> sAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleBLACK Friday led to a slump in Decemberrsquo retail sales, according to the latest BDO High Street Sales Tracker.Mid-market retailers saw sales drop by 1.4 per cent year-on-year, the fashion sector taking the biggest hit with a 6.1 per cent reduction in the last week of 2014. Sales of lifestyle goods went up by 3.5 per cent, and homewares increased by 8.2 per cent. However, BDO claimed this was not enough to make up for a combination of unhelpful weather conditions and unfamiliar shopping patterns. An unseasonably warm autumn left retailers with stock to shift, and many shoppers were absent from stores in December <a href=
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Tuesday 11 February 2014 8:40 pmGrocery sales grow at slowest pace since 2005By: Express KCSShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleBRITAINrsquo;S grocery market is growing at its slowest pace since 2005, with only discounters as well as Waitrose and Sainsburyrsquo defying the downturn and growing market share.Figures out yesterday from Kantar Worldpanel showed that grocery sales rose by 2.4 per cent in the 12 weeks to 2 February compared with the same time last year and down from the 2.9 per cent growth reported in the previous three-month period.Kantar analyst Fraser McKevitt said the slow pac <a href=
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