Sales of air fryers, heat pump tumble dryers and energy efficient washing machines were strong but traditional electrical gifts were out of favour, the retailer reports.
Currys has reported a slump in Christmas sales, with the football World Cup even failing to bolster demand for TVs.meant traditional favourites were out of favour as consumers hunted energy efficient appliances instead.
Like-for-like sales in the UK and Ireland fell 5% in the 10 weeks to 7 January compared to the same period in 2021/22. Currys said the decline partly reflected high levels of sales seen over the last two pandemic-hit years. Chief executive Alex Baldock told reporters:"It hasn't been a bumper peak trading season for technology retail, for example the computing and the TV markets were in quite a challenging space.
"By contrast we did well in appliances and in mobile," he said, highlighting particularly strong demand for energy efficient appliances.Alex Baldock said the squeeze on consumer budgets meant that TVs were not in demand ahead of ChristmasMore from Business
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