Department store John Lewis reported improved sales figures in the past week, with overall sales up by 1.3%. Mobile and photography products in particular, saw an impressive increase, up by 47.4%, with other departments such as Home sales and the cookshop and cutlery categories also seeing rising sales. Despite these positive numbers, fashion sales did not perform as well, declining in sales by 2.8% although this did not have any significant effect on the overall pleasing statistics that were announced.