Tesco leads Big Four going into Christmas

In what analysts believed - and companies hoped - would turn out to be a repeat of last year's pattern consumers in the UK seemed to be saving until the last minute on spending on Christmas gifts, according to analysts at Jefferies.

In what analysts believed - and companies hoped - would turn out to be a repeat of last year's pattern consumers in the UK seemed to be saving until the last minute on spending on Christmas gifts, according to analysts at Jefferies.

Nevertheless, some retailers did better than others, although the next market update is expected to be particularly strong. Thus, discounters continued to grow share (given sales increasing by 14.3%). High-end operators also continued to outperform the Big Four.

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