UK DATA: Sales at John Lewis UK department stores rose 16.2%
in the week to October 6 compared with the same week a year earlier, the
John Lewis Partnership announced Friday. Total partnership sales in the
same week were higher by 10.3% year-on-year on the comparable week in
the 2011/12 trading year, Lewis stated. Meanwhile, total sales at the
Waitrose food chain rose 6.8% compared to the same week a year ago.