date:Jan 09, 2014
the key period over Christmas.
As with last year, we expect customers to spend cautiously in the few months following Christmas, in an attempt to rebalance the household finances, he said.
Aldi and Lidl both said on Tuesday they enjoyed record trading at Christmas. Tesco updates on Thursday and is forecast to report a fall in UK sales at stores open over a year, excluding fuel and VAT sales tax, of 0.5-2.5 percent for the six weeks to Jan. 4.
Asda said on Monday it saw a good performance at