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Trading updates show supermarket sales figures rise in run up to Christmas

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Several supermarkets saw strong trading over Christmas as higher prices boosted their sales, defying predictions of seasonal gloom for retailers as household budgets squeezed. Tesco said like-for-like sales at its UK stores rose by 5.3%. Its chief executive Ken Murphy admitted that the volume of goods sold was marginally lower than the same period last …

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