Department store group House of Fraser has said it enjoyed its "best ever" Christmas sales period.
In the same sector, House of Fraser reported its best December figures ever.
House of Fraser said it had seen record sales in the two weeks leading up to Christmas.
Bid talk surrounding House of Fraser faded recently after two potential buyers sold their stake in the firm.
This comes after a succession of venue announcements with partners like Costa Coffee, House of Fraser and McDonald's.
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John King, chief executive of the House of Fraser, said John Lewis "should come to Belfast instead of Lisburn".
On Tuesday, Debenhams reported record sales in December, while on Monday House of Fraser posted its "highest ever" festive sales.
The 150-year-old House of Fraser operates 47 department stores in the UK, opening its latest store in Croydon earlier this month.
House of Fraser also announced it had agreed a deal with Barclaycard to manage its financial services division, which includes its store card.
In 1985, the Egyptian Al-Fayed brothers won control of the House of Fraser in London and thus gained control of the department store Harrods.
Havelock Europa was founded more than 30 years ago and counts Marks and Spencer, House of Fraser, Sainsbury's and Primark among its high profile customers.
Safaa Pate, 31, from Bray in Berkshire, has no feeling in her left leg and foot after the incident at the High Wycombe branch of House of Fraser.
House of Fraser chairman Don McCarthy said that 2012 had been "challenging" for retailers, and it remained "difficult to predict" when the economy and consumer confidence would improve.
House of Fraser - which operates 60 stores in the UK and Ireland - said sales had risen in all categories, and online sales had jumped by nearly 50%.
The firm's vice president of international social media strategy, Stacy Gratz, said this had helped attract outlets such as Tesco, House of Fraser, Primark and Nando's to the scheme.
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House of Fraser said a product revamp and store makeovers had paid off, with like-for-like sales rising 8.1% in the first 19 weeks of the year that started on 28 January.
Retail entrepreneur Tom Hunter and Icelandic group Baugur sold their combined 21% stake in House of Fraser on 13 September, raising speculation that other UK retail groups could now be bid targets.
The application seeking leave to have a judicial review has been lodged by the House of Fraser (stores) Limited, Corbo Properties Limited and Leaside Investments Limited in respect of John Lewis Sprucefield.
On Monday, House of Fraser said it enjoyed its "best ever" Christmas, with like-for-like sales, which strip out the impact of new stores, rising 6.3% in the six weeks to 5 January.
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Other leading department stores in Europe include Galeries Lafayette (3.4 billion Euros), Debenhams (3.4 billion Euros), Karstadt (3.3 billion Euros), Manor (2.4 billion Euros), Printemps (1.5 billion Euros) and House of Fraser (1.4 billion Euros).
Online sales at House of Fraser jumped 48% from a year earlier and this big rise in online trade was echoed at fashion retailer New Look, which said sales over the internet rose by more than 50%.
Jennings, a respected retailer, who in recent years ran Woolworth South Africa and previously held senior positions with Debenhams in London, Saks Fifth Avenue in New York, Harrods and House of Fraser in England, Brown Thomas in Ireland and Holt Renfrew in Canada.
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