Tag Archives: Mother’s Day

Total sales for John Lewis & Partners were down 13.7% last week (to Saturday March 30). The department store group’s buying director for home Johnathan Marsh attributed the result to ‘annualising strong sales due to the earlier fall of Good Friday and Easter Saturday, colder weather driving footfall into our …

Tesco has launched a range of Mother’s Day cards to raise funds for Cancer Research UK, On the back of each Hallmark card, eight women – who all work for the supermarket chain – share how their lives, or the lives of those close to them, have been affected by …

Total sales for John Lewis & Partners were up 11.4% last week (to Saturday March 2) compared with the same period last year. The department store group’s operations director Berangere Michel said: “We saw positive sales across all categories, driven by the warmer weather, price-matching competitors through our ‘Never Knowingly …

Divisional sales at Waitrose excluding fuel were up 14.3% last week (to Saturday March 10) compared with the same week last year. The supermarket chain’s customer director Martin George said it benefited from the timing of Mother’s Day on Sunday March 11, which fell during a different trading week last …

Total sales for John Lewis last week (to Saturday March 10) were up 11.6%, mainly due to gifting as a result of Mother’s Day on Sunday March 11 falling two weeks earlier compared with last year. Home sales climbed 3.9%, with gifting, cook and dine sales up 35.2%, as customers …

Total sales for John Lewis were down 14.4% last week (to Saturday March 3) on the same period last year. Home sales declined 17.2% but customers preparing for Mother’s Day on Sunday (March 11) and Easter purchased seasonal gift food, up 36%, and sweets, up 43% on last year. Electricals and …

With Mothering Sunday coming up this weekend (March 11), a survey by Bloom & Wild has investigated how different regions in the UK value and celebrate their mums. According to a poll of UK residents by the flower delivery company, Londoners – followed by the Welsh and East Anglians – …