Homeware sales rose on the high street, indicating the category’s twelfth consecutive positive result and maintaining its 2025 form.

According to the latest BDO High Street Sales Tracker, total like-for-like (LFL) sales rose 4.72% for the week ending 16 February 2025.

Homewares total LFLs jumped by +9.92% failing to offset a negative base of -13.54% for the same week in 2024, denoting the twelfth consecutive positive result for the category and maintaining its unbroken streak of positive outcomes in every week so far in 2025.

Store homewares sales climbed +9.43%, offsetting a negative base of -5.49% for the same week last year, representing the category’s third consecutive positive outcome and fifth since 2025 began.

Total store LFL sales slipped -1.84% from a negative base of -0.96% for the same week last year. Total non-store LFL sales soared by +15.08% from a base of +2.78% for the same week in 2024.

Commenting on the results, BDO said: “Positive non-store sales results, which returned to double-digit growth this week, helped boost total LFL sales in a week that included St. Valentine’s Day.

“Possibly driven by gift shopping for St. Valentine’s Day, lifestyle sales returned to positive territory this week after falling last week, while fashion sales stayed healthy and homewares remained the best-performing segment for a fourth straight week.

“The week saw drier conditions with thick clouds for most, while some areas in the UK experienced bright interludes and short outbreaks of rainfall.

“During the same week last year, the UK saw mild weather with some rain and flooding in some parts.”

Overall, footfall declined by -9.0% this week with high street footfall seeing a sharp drop of -12.6%, followed by shopping centres with a decrease of -10.1% and retail parks with a slight fall of -0.1%.