British retailers have had a bumpy ride during crucial Christmas trading with unseasonably warm weather, rate hikes and tame wage growth blamed for low shopper turnout and profit warnings at some mid-market stores.

With the full picture of the festive shopping period not expected to be clear for several weeks, analysts predict winners will be luxury goods sellers, online stores, premium grocers and Britain's biggest retailer, supermarket giant Tesco.

Following is a list of trading updates from the retailers following the festive rush. All figures are year-on-year and compare same store sales unless otherwise stated.

• Alexon: Like-for-like sales fell four per cent in the 22 weeks to December 30 while margins were one per cent lower, reflecting greater markdown activity.

• House of Fraser: Like-for-like sales rose 7.3 per cent in the four weeks to December 30, with record trading in the week before Christmas.

• New Look: Like-for-like sales rose 3.2 per cent in the 14 weeks to December 30, with total sales up 26 per cent amid new store openings.

• Next: Like-for-like sales at its stores fell 6.9 per cent from July 31 to December 24, but total sales including the Next Directory rose 9.3 per cent and it said year profit would be slightly ahead of analyst forecasts.

• John Lewis: Sales for the week ending December 23 rose 16.3 per cent to £94.3 million. In the first week after Christmas it hit a new record with sales up 8.2 per cent.

• Music Zone: Filed for administration on January 3.

• Greetings Card Group Filed for administration on January 2

• Majestic Wine: Sales in last nine weeks of 2006 rose 4.4 per cent.

• Liberty: Sales in the four weeks to Christmas rose six per cent boosted by demand for luxury fashion accessories and fragrances for women.

• Harvey Nichols: Sales in its luxury department stores were up in "mid-double digits" in the run up to Christmas, CEO Joseph Wan said.

• Acquscutum... Total sales at the luxury wear stores were up 32-33 per cent in the eight weeks to mid-December, CEO Kim Winser said.

• Woolworths: Warned on December 5 its full-year profit could fall to half of last year's total if sales did not pick up.

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