Department store chain John Lewis have reported increased year-on-year sales last week, with overall sales being up by 1.1%. Womenswear and menswear sales rose by 7% and 6.3% respectively, along with beauty, wellbeing and leisure who benefitted from price matching with a competitor’s promotional event. Home sales fell by 2.2% however the company noted that there had been an uptake of customers placing deposits for future orders.