WH Smith
January 25: Group keeps faith in switch from UK high street to focus on airport and railway station concourses
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Dixons
January 17: The electrical retail group was one of the few UK retailers to improve gross margins over Christmas
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
Tesco
January 12: UK’s leading retailer issues a profits warning in the wake of disappointing Christmas trading in its UK heartland
SuperGroup
January 11: Slowdown in deliveries to third-party outlets including international franchises takes shine off 22% jump in Christmas trade
Marks and Spencer
January 10: UK’s largest clothing retailer suffered its first fall in underlying sales of clothing and home furnishings over Christmas for three years
J Sainsbury
January 11: Sales growth accelerates at UK’s third-largest supermarket heaping pressure on market leader Tesco
Debenhams
January 10: Shares bounce after better than expected trading figures from department store group
Next
January 4: Solid performance from online directory offsets ‘slightly disappointing’ fall in sales at its retail division
Thorntons
December 21: Shares in the chocolate retailer plunged after the company warned that a costly store closure programme would push it into a full-year loss
John Lewis
January 4: The employee-owned retailer reports a 9.3% rise in total sales during the Christmas period
HMV
December 19: Retailer warns that poor trading casts ‘significant doubt’ on its future as it put profitable ‘Live’ division up for sale
Kesa
December 7: European electricals group said pre-tax losses reached €147.7m in the six months to October 31
Kingfisher
December 1: Owner of B&Q and Castorama DIY stores sees sales of garden furniture and lawnmowers boost third-quarter profits
JD Sports
November 23: Despite consumer gloom, the sportswear retailer says it is confident of full-year pre-tax profits of about £81m
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
Mothercare
November 17: International expansion fails to offset falling domestic business as baby care group reports £4.4m first-half loss
Wm Morrison
November 10: Promotions and new own-brand products helped Wm Morrison push up like-for-like sales by 2.4% in the late summer and autumn
Asos
November 3: The online fashion retailer has reported a 66 per cent rise in underlying profits at its half-year results
Blacks
October 27: Analysts believe outdoor retailer needs to raise £20m equity from shareholders as losses double at half year stage
JJB
October 31: Sports retailer to reduce costs after worse than forecast six-month trading performance
Home Retail Group
October 19: First-half profits fall 70% as consumers show reluctance to splash out on big-ticket items
