Homeware sales maintained positive on the high street for a fifth straight week.

According to the latest BDO High Street Sales Tracker, total like-for-like (LFL) sales fell 1.07% for the week ending 7 December 2025.

Homewares total LFLs grew by +11.17% from a good base of +6.20% for the same week in 2024, marking the category’s fifth consecutive positive outcome.

Store homewares sales jumped by +9.25% from a base of -0.58%, marking the category’s third positive result in the past five weeks, while non-store sales for homewares remained positive for three straight weeks, rising by +4.60% from a base of +34.10%.

Total store LFL sales increased by +0.92% from a base of -3.12% for the same week last year. Total non-store LFL sales went up slightly by +0.31% from a solid base of +58.78% for the same week last year.

Commenting on the results, BDO said: “Total LFL sales fell into negative territory for the first time since the first week of November, despite both store and non-store sales seeing moderate growth outcomes, boosted by the Cyber Monday promotional sales event that happened earlier in the week.

“This week experienced a typical soggy British early-winter weather, generally grey and chilly with strong winds and heavy rains. During the same week last year, the UK saw unsettled weather with chilly and wet conditions as well as frosty nights.”

Overall footfall increased by +1.5%, as results improved across all tracked categories. High street footfall grew by +2.5%, while retail parks and shopping centres saw modest growth outcomes of +0.4% and +0.2% respectively.