LONDON, April 10 (Reuters) - British retailer John Lewis
on Tuesday gave the following sales figures
for the latest week compared with a year earlier:
Week to Apr 7 10 weeks to Apr 7
Total sales -8.8 pct 3.3 pct
Dept stores 3.6 pct 2.9 pct
Food stores -16.4 pct 3.5 pct
Rupert Thomas, commercial director of Waitrose, said
comparisons were heavily distorted by the earlier fall of Easter
this year, which means that we are comparing six days trading -
with most shops remaining closed on Easter Sunday - with a full
week's trading in 2017.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle)