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Total sales for John Lewis & Partners last week (to Saturday June 15) were up 3.8% on the same week last year. The department store group’s buying director for electrical and home technology Laurence Mitchell said: “Home sales were up 4% with ‘Gifts, Cook and Dine’ sales up 3.2%. Within …

Brits spend more on their dads for Father’s Day than they do on their mums for Mother’s Day – but spend half as long doing it, according to Argos. The online retailer has analysed its sales data to show that the average shopper spends £56 in total celebrating their dads …

Total sales for John Lewis & Partners were down 3.5% last week (to Saturday June 1) due to “a combination of the impact of warm weather – and we were also annualising price matching competitor activity,” according to the department store group’s customer director Craig Inglis. He said: “Home sales …

Total sales for John Lewis last week (to Saturday May 26) were up 3.4% on last year. The department store group’s director of retail operations development Simon Russell commented: “Sales rose due to customers buying products for the bank holiday weekend, and taking advantage of our promotions and us price …

Total sales for John Lewis for last week (to Saturday February 17) were down 0.7% on the week-ago period. The department store group’s online trade director Mark Felix said Home sales were down 3.7%. But Valentine’s Day helped increase sales in Gifts, Cook and Dine, where sales were up 3%, …

With Pippa and James tying the knot last Saturday (May 20), new research reveals that it’s not just royal guests who are splashing out on wedding gifts. The marriage of the Duchess of Cambridge’s younger sister Pippa Middleton to James Matthew is being billed as the society wedding of 2017. The …