The guardian | 08:14 08-01-2026 | Lifestyle
Poor festive fashion sales deepen fears of squeeze on UK household budgets and falling high street footfall
Marks & Spencer revealed strong sales of food over the important Christmas trading period but clothing sales fell back as it continues to battle the after-effects of last year’s crippling cyber-attack.
Stuart Machin, the chief executive of the high street stalwart, said its clothing, homeware and beauty business was also affected by “fragile consumer confidence and milder weather”.
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