Primark sales down after challenging Christmas for UK retail

‘Marginal’ decline at fashion chain’s UK stores as other high street retailers struggleSales at Primark’s UK stores went backwards at Christmas in a further sign of the toll taken on fashion retailers by grim market conditions over the traditionally lucrative trading period.The no-frills fashion chain suffered a “marginal” decline in underlying sales and said it would only open one store in the UK this year – the lowest number in decades - as it turns it