Wickes Christmas sales rise as owner Travis Perkins preps demerger

// Wickes like-for-like sales rose 4.5% over Christmas
// Total group sales also increased by 7.7%
// Owner Travis Perkins is preparing to demerge Wickes from the groupWickes has said it achieved “a strong sales performance” during the fourth quarter of 2019.
The home improvement retailer saw a like-for-like sales growth of 4.5 per cent, while for the full year, like-for-like sales increased by 8.7 per cent and total sales rose by 7.7 per cent.
The figures were released by parent com