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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/snowy-weather-hits-john-lewis-sales.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The heavy snow has cost John Lewis nearly 5 million pounds in lost sales after it disrupted its biggest high street trading day of the year" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-snowy-weather-hits-john-lewis-sales.jpg" alt="The heavy snow has cost John Lewis nearly 5 million pounds in lost sales after it disrupted its biggest high street trading day of the year"/></a></p>
<p>The heavy snow has cost John Lewis nearly £5 million in lost sales after it disrupted its biggest high street trading day of the year.</p>
<p>The amount of money the retailer took on Saturday was down by about 10% after Arctic weather conditions closed two of its 32 stores and deterred countless shoppers from trekking to the shops.</p>
<p>The department store was on course to sell a record breaking £125 million of stock in the week to Saturday before the snowfall disrupted its plans.</p>
<p>Despite the impact on Saturday&#8217;s trading, the retailer still racked up £120.3 million of sales in the week, slightly down from the previous record of £121 million it set previous week.</p>
<p>Retail director Andrew Murphy said: &#8220;We were heading for a record week by a stretch until the weather came in on Friday night.</p>
<p>&#8220;Under the current weather conditions, to have come so close to the recent record week is a testimony to how much customers value John Lewis for our range of quality products, excellent customer service and our &#8216;Never Knowingly Undersold&#8217; price matching promise.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said gift food, toys, jewellery, slippers, hats, scarves, gloves and earmuffs had all proved popular.</p>
<p>Sales of home furnishings, such as inflatable beds, towels, table linens and glassware, were also up as people prepared to entertain guests over Christmas.</p>
<p>Three branches, in Nottingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow, achieved record sales in the week and its online division also achieved its highest ever sales day on Monday.</p>
<p>But two branches, in High Wycombe and the Brent Cross Shopping Centre in north London, were forced to close on Saturday.</p>
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