N Brown in line despite mail delays

N BROWN, the listed home shopping retailer behind the Simply Be, JD Williams, Jacamo and Marisota brands, said its festive sales were good, but would have been better still without the impact of last month's bad weather.

Alan White, chief executive of the Manchester-based company said like-for-like sales in the 19 weeks to January 8 would have been 1% higher than the reported figure of 1.2%, while a similar percentage was lost to total group revenue, which was 4.6% ahead.

He said: "Trading in the autumn was be... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...