rtokens: In the 18 weeks to November 30 , sales were up 13.6 percent year-on-year .
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tokens: The John Lewis Partnership said its UK department store sales rose 4.5 percent in the week to November 30 compared with the same week a year earlier .
ltokens: LONDON 1996-12-06