Asda hit by 1.3% like-for-like decline in “golden quarter”

// Asda posts 1.3% decline in like-for-like sales in the “golden quarter” ending December 31
// The Big 4 grocer said its food business was stable but trading in its clothing arm was challengingAsda has blamed a sales slump during the most critical trading quarter of the year on “challenging market conditions” and “cautious” customer mind set.
For the Big 4’s fourth quarter ending December 31, known industry-wide as the “golden quarter since it inc