With UK retailers across all sectors having posted a somewhat indifferent set of sales figures for the Christmas 2012 period - values were up 0.3 per cent on a like-for-like basis from December 2011 - the jewellery industry has also reported rather less-than-scintillating results. "Festive sales were a little up but not as good as the year as a whole. I think we will have to get used to this as the internet continues to have an impact on high street Christmas shopping," says Andrew Hinds of F Hinds. "We also believe that the wet weather in November impacted high street sales (yet helped internet sales). Watches were the strongest category. Overall (that is, across all categories) the average spend was up on last year but footfall was marginally down," he added.
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机译：英国各行各业的零售商发布的2012年圣诞节期间的销售数据略有不同-与2011年12月相比，价值同比增长0.3％-珠宝行业的报告还不及预期，闪烁的结果。 F Hinds的安德鲁·辛德斯（Andrew Hinds）表示：“节日销售略有上升，但不及全年。我认为，随着互联网继续对街头圣诞节购物产生影响，我们将不得不习惯这一点。” “我们还认为11月份的潮湿天气影响了街头销售（但仍帮助互联网销售）。手表是最强劲的类别。总体而言（即，在所有类别中）平均支出都比去年有所增加，但客流量略有下降， “ 他加了。
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