Sainsbury’s boosted by Argos and online over Christmas

Sainsbury’s saw like-for-like sales edge up 0.1% for the 15 weeks to 7 January as its Argos business provided the lion’s share of Christmas cheer.
Although Sainsbury’s sales are a far cry from the 2.9% rise reported by Morrisons yesterday (11 January), they are ahead of  industry forecasts with analysts expecting Sainsbury’s to report a fall of up to 0.8%.
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