Stand-out week for Home at John Lewis

John Lewis’ has revealed that its summer Clearance, which kicked off last Thursday was “the best summer Clearance launch for Home”.

The department store group generated sales of £87m last week (to June 28), up 8% on the year and strong compared to the 2013 summer Clearance launch. In terms of channels, both department stores and johnlewis.com performed well.

Home had a stand-out week with strong performances in furniture and textiles driven by Special Buy and Reduced to Clear demand, while sales of small electricals increased up 15%.

John Lewis buying director of fashion Meg Lustman said: “Sales this week will be driven by continued Clearance activity.”