Mothercare sees weaker sales trend

Babycare retailer Mothercare today needed strong growth from its international operations to offset a downturn at its UK stores over Christmas.

The group’s UK shops suffered a like-for-like sales drop of 0.3% in the 13 weeks to January 12, while total worldwide sales were up 5.1%, with total international sales up 38%, although not on a like-for-like basis.