British shops eke out discount driven rise in December sales [Reuters]
WM MORRISON UNSP/ADR (MRWSY)
NASDAQ:AMEX Investor Relations:
morrisons-corporate.com/investor-centre
Company Research
Source: Reuters
British shops eke out discount driven rise in December sales LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - British shops recorded only a marginal increase in December sales, driven by deep and widespread discounting, an industry survey showed on Saturday. Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO said its monthly High Street Sales Tracker (HSST) found sales in British shops rose 0.7% in December compared to the same month in 2018. It said the weak outcome was despite an additional shopping day at the beginning of Christmas week. “Black Friday (Nov. 29) never quite ended and instead saw sales continue throughout the month,” said Sophie Michael, head of retail and wholesale at BDO. “January tends to be a positive month as people are more inclined to spend in the sales, however it’ll be interesting this year to see if many have already done their bargain-hunting in December,” she said. In contrast, online sales in December increased 24.5% year-on-year. Although that was the best monthly performance since D
Show less
Read more
Impact Snapshot
Event Time:
MRWSY
Last Price
Price Change
Price Change%
Volume Shares
Max Up
Max Down
%
Volume Ratio
Performance Comparison
Updated
|
Event Day
Stock performance from the time of news release until the following 4pm ET market close
|
Last price at news event
|
Since Event
Multi-day stock performance from the time of the news release
|
|---|---|---|
|
EVENT DAY
Stock performance from the time of news release until the following 4pm ET market close
|
LAST
PRICE AT NEWS EVENT |
SINCE EVENT
Multi-day stock performance from the time of the news release
|
| Last Price | ||
| VWAP | ||
|
High:
|
Max Up |
High:
|
|
Low:
|
Max Down |
Low:
|
|
%
|
Post news range |
%
|
|
|
Price change |
|
|
|
Price Change Percentage |
|
|
|
S&P 500 (SPX) |
|
|
%
|
Volume ratio |
%
|
| Volume | ||
| Ticks | ||
|
|
Avg transaction size |
|
Don't Miss Out On The Next BIG Stock Move
Event day
Event Day Chart will not be displayed beyond 90-day period of the event
Performance since event
Time And Velocity Analysis
Be the first to know
Opt in for alerts from News Quantifed
Sign Up Today
Opt-in for
MRWSY alerts
Learn More With NQ
Reading the Impact Report
Help Me Understand This Data
Help Me Understand This Data
How NQ Works
What is news-based trading?
And why is it so successful?
And why is it so successful?
Movers & Shakers
The biggest gainers and losers and WHY it moved
MRWSY alerts
High impacting WM MORRISON UNSP/ADR news events
Weekly update
A roundup of the hottest topics