Asda sales fall over Christmas due to "cautious" customer spending
Home delivery revenues increased 10.3% against the same quarter in the previous year
Asda has said that sales slipped lower over the crucial Christmas trading period as customers remained "cautious" with their spending.
The supermarket chain said like-for-like sales declined by 1.3% in the three months to December, compared with the same period the previous year.
It said it was "impacted by challenging market conditions, particularly in clothing" during the period, but was bolstered by a more stable performance by its core food business.
Clothing sales declined as it was weighed down by a reluctance among shoppers to spend heavily amid the period of political uncertainty, it said.
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