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May 30: DIY retailer says freezing temperatures discouraged consumers from starting improvement projects in their homes and buying garden plants
Results and trading statements from UK retailers provide evidence about the state of high street spending

May 30: DIY retailer says freezing temperatures discouraged consumers from starting improvement projects in their homes and buying garden plants

May 1: Strategic repositioning for internet aims to lessen reliance on printed catalogues, while making DIY stores more appealing to women

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%

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

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

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

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’

April 11: Strategy of improving profit margins brings results for retailer, with railway and airport outlets compensating for fall on the high street

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

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

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

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

December 12: Fashion retailer highlights positive sentiment after torrid year that included three profit warnings over six months and margin shrinkage

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

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

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%

October 4: Group performance was better-than-expected in the second quarter on the back of Olympics and Tour de France

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

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

May 24: Strong performance outside UK helps offset cost of store closures but baby clothing retailer warns domestic market ‘remains tough’

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

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