Petrol, driving, and car maintenance down 0-5%.
Bicycle sales up.
Doughnuts, sausage rolls and other baked goods up, around 5%.
Ted Baker (the high-end fashion company) reports six month sales up 17% on the same period last year.
Asda, the low-end retailer, increased the dividend paid to its US parent company by £50m (from £100m to £150m) although pre-tax profits fell by £60m (from just under £800m to £740m).
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