Britain's Morrisons sees sales fall in Christmas trading period
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LONDON (Reuters) - Morrisons , Britain's fourth largest supermarket group, reported another fall in underlying sales in its latest trading period encompassing Christmas, blaming a tough economic backdrop and consumer uncertainty.The Bradford, northern England, based grocer said on Tuesday total group like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT sales tax, fell 1.7% in the 22 weeks to Jan. 5 - a period that spans Morrisons third quarter to Nov. 3 and the nine week Christmas trading period.The..