JD Sports suffers sales downturn

JD Sports
JD Sports

Fashion retailer JD Sports showed it was not immune from the consumer spending squeeze as it reported a fall in sales after a long spell as one of the shining lights on the high street.

The group, which operates 350 JD Sports and Size? outlets in the UK, said like-for-like sales excluding VAT in the 16 weeks to November 19 fell 1.5%, compared to 1.6% growth in seven weeks to September 17.