Sun brings cheer to John Lewis results
Fashion and home were the two top departments, with gifts also selling well ahead of Mother's Day.
The chain's department stores in Edinburgh and Glasgow shared in the rise – up 5.3 per cent and 5 per cent respectively – but the Aberdeen branch was one of only two outlets to post a fall in sales, down 0.6 per cent.
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Hide AdWeekly sales at Waitrose, the employee-owned company's supermarket chain, rose by 12.1 per cent, accompanied by the opening of stores at Storrington, in West Sussex, and at three motorway service stations.