Data: Asda only supermarket to see sales fall ahead of Christmas

Asda was the only major supermarket in the UK to see its sales decline in the lead up the crucial Christmas trading period.
Data from NIQ shows the grocer’s market share slipped 1.1 percentage points to 12.1% as sales fell 4.2% in the 12 weeks to 30 November.
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