Despite the post-budget headwinds and now traditional negative headlines and commentary, sales have generally proved to be relatively robust for individual operators.
Guide
Christmas trading 2024
Authors
CB
Colin Burnet
TV
Tim Vallance
Executive Director, Capital Markets UK & EMEA
JH
Jonathan Heptonstall
Christmas Trading Update: 2024
| Sector | Operator | Trading Period | LFL Sales Growth (YoY) |
Total Sales Growth (YoY) |
Online Sales Growth (YoY) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department / variety stores | B&M | 13 weeks to 28 December | -2.8% | 2.8% | |
| Argos | 8 weeks to 4 January | 1.1% | |||
| Marks & Spencer (Cloth. & Home) | 13 weeks to 28 December | 1.9% | 1.0% | 11.7% | |
| The Very Group | 7 weeks to 27 December | 0.5% | |||
| Poundland | 3 months to 31 December | -7.3% | -9.3% | ||
| Fashion / footwear / accessories | Kurt Geiger | December | 17.0% | ||
| SeaSalt | 5 weeks to 28 December | 10.0% | 6.0% | ||
| Next | 9 weeks to 28 December | -2.1%* | 6.0% | 6.1% | |
| JD Sports | December | 1.5% | 3.4% | ||
| Sosandar | 3 months to 31 December | -14.6% | |||
| Grocery / Food & Drink | Fortnum & Mason | 'Christmas Trade' | 14.0% | ||
| Ocado | 12 weeks to 31 December | 9.6%** | |||
| Marks & Spencer (Food) | 13 weeks to 28 December | 8.9% | 8.7% | ||
| Greggs | 13 weeks to 28 December | 2.5% | 7.7% | ||
| Lidl | 4 weeks to 24 December | 7.0% | |||
| Booths | 3 weeks to 4 January | 9.3% | 6.7% | ||
| Tesco | 6 weeks to 4 January | 4.1% | 10.8% | ||
| Sainsbury's (Grocery) | 6 weeks to 4 January | 3.8% | |||
| Aldi | 4 weeks to 24 December | 3.4% | |||
| Waitrose | 12 weeks to 31 December | 2.1%** | |||
| Majestic Wine | 6 weeks to 30 December | 1.9% | |||
| Morrisons | 12 weeks to 31 December | 0.4%** | |||
| Co-operative | 12 weeks to 31 December | -0.2%** | |||
| Asda | 12 weeks to 29 December | -5.8%** | |||
| Homewares / household / DIY | The Cotswold Company | 9 weeks to 29 December | 22.0% | 13.0% | |
| Topps Tiles | 5 weeks to 28 December | 12.5% | 12.9% | ||
| Procook | 12 weeks to 5 January | 3.4% | 11.2% | 9.2% | |
| Dunelm | 13 weeks to 28 December | 1.6% | 3.0% | ||
| DFS | 26 weeks to 29 December | 1.4% | |||
| Personal Goods | Superdrug | 6 weeks to 4 January | 5.1% | 6.6% | 21.0% |
| Mamas & Papas | 13 weeks to 29 December | 5.0% | |||
| The Card Factory | November and December | 3.0% | 4.7% | -10%^ | |
| Currys | 10 weeks to 4 January | 2.0% | 24%* | ||
| Leisure / F&B | Youngs | 15 weeks to 13 January | 11.6% | ||
| Deliveroo | Q4 | 9.0% | |||
| Mitchell & Butlers | 8 weeks to 11 January | 3.9% |