US EditionSupermarket giants and high street stalwarts to reveal festive figures
- Tesco and Sainsbury's will provide festive trading updates next week, indicating their performance during Christmas.
- Tesco's chief executive Ken Murphy mentioned that the grocery sector is 'incredibly competitive' due to a price war.
- Sainsbury's expects to report retail earnings of over £1 billion after a stronger-than-expected half-year performance.
- Next expects sales to grow significantly during the festive quarter, increasing its sales guidance to around 7%, indicating solid performance despite consumer spending concerns.
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Supermarket giants and high street stalwarts to reveal festive figures
Tesco and Sainsbury’s will report updates after a hard-fought Christmas in the sector, while Next, M&S and Greggs will also give their verdict.
Solid Christmas For Tesco Amid ‘Intense’ Competition
Tesco is forecasting that its full-year profit will now come in at the upper end of its guidance after gaining market share from rivals during the key Christmas trading period. In its third quarter to 22nd November, the group’s UK (more…) The post Solid Christmas For Tesco Amid ‘Intense’ Competition appeared first on KamCity.
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Tesco holds its ground amid tough competition but falls short of a breakout win, says GlobalData
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Following today’s release of Tesco’s figures for Q3 and Christmas results for the 19 weeks ending 3 January 2026; Eleanor Simpson-Gould, senior retail analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “Tesco’s latest results show competent execution, but lacklustre UK momentum. UK…
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