Debenhams has reported Group LFL sales down 5.7% (same % change at constant currencies) for the first 18 weeks of the year. Within this, online sales grew by 4.6% implying UK in-store sales declined by nearly 10% LFL on our calculation. Market expectation was for Group LFL to decline by 2-3%. DEB’s UK in-store LFL decline was in our view similar to Next’s and worse than M&S’s Clothing & Home in-store LFL which have calculated at minus 6-7%. So Debenhams’ in-sto ....