Kingfisher
May 30: DIY retailer says freezing temperatures discouraged consumers from starting improvement projects in their homes and buying garden plants
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Home Retail Group
May 1: Strategic repositioning for internet aims to lessen reliance on printed catalogues, while making DIY stores more appealing to women
Marks and Spencer
May 21: Sales of clothing in the UK, which fell 2.4% in the year, weighed on the high-street bellwether even as food sales in its core domestic market rose nearly 4%
Sports Direct
April 24: An employee earning £20,000 a year will receive about £50,000 of shares based on current stock price after incentive scheme hits targets
Debenhams
April 18: Online sales at the department store chain are now more profitable than those from stores but interim pre-tax profit is hit by cold weather in January
Tesco
April 17: Britain’s biggest retailer by sales takes a £1bn charge to close its US Fresh & Easy venture as it posts the worst set of results in its history
JD Sports
April 17: Retailer’s full-year pre-tax profit falls almost a fifth as its outdoor clothing division suffers the effects of ‘10 years of misdirected management’
WH Smith
April 11: Strategy of improving profit margins brings results for retailer, with railway and airport outlets compensating for fall on the high street
J Sainsbury
January 9: Growth at the UK supermarket chain slows as customers economise, with year-on-year sales growth of 0.9% in the 14 weeks to January 5
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January 3: UK retail chain delivers upbeat full-year profit forecast but warns that the mood among shoppers is likely to remain subdued in 2013
Wm Morrison
January 7: The supermarket group blames a lack of convenience stores and a weak online presence for a fall in sales over the crucial Christmas trading period
John Lewis
January 2: Department store chain’s total sales rose 14.8% to £684.8m in the five weeks to December 29, a record for the crucial shopping period
SuperGroup
December 12: Fashion retailer highlights positive sentiment after torrid year that included three profit warnings over six months and margin shrinkage
Dixons
November 29: Retailer considers job losses after weaker than expected trading at its Pixmania arm in France push it into an £80m first-half pre-tax loss
Asos
December 11: More shopping days and the appetites of fashion-conscious twenty-somethings are expected to boost sales during the festive period for online retailer
Thorntons
October 10: Lossmaking chocolate maker cautious ahead of key festive season as fall in sales slows at like-like stores and sales to supermarkets grow almost 20%
Halfords
October 4: Group performance was better-than-expected in the second quarter on the back of Olympics and Tour de France
JJB
July 9: Sportswear retailer’s shares fall by a fifth as chairman quits and it blames performance on disappointing demand for Euro 2012 kits and wet weather
HMV
August 9: Struggling retailer says it will return to profit next year despite posting heavy losses as its core market of DVDs and audio continued to decline
Mothercare
May 24: Strong performance outside UK helps offset cost of store closures but baby clothing retailer warns domestic market ‘remains tough’
Carphone Warehouse
January 24: Steep drop in pay-as-you-go mobile phone sales and rise in popularity of smartphones have led to a fall in retailer’s quarterly revenues
Game Group
November 16: Shares in Game Group tumbled as investors took fright at the first UK high-street retailer to warn on profits ahead of the crucial Christmas trading season
