Majestic Wine PLC announced that Group sales, for the 10 week Christmas trading period ending 1 January 2018, increased by 3.2% versus the same period in the prior year. On an underlying basis the increase was 4.1%. The Group delivered 30% of total annual sales during the Christmas trading period. Majestic Retail delivered a good result with sales up 1.2% (1.3% like-for-like) versus tough comparatives of 6.2% (7.5% like-for-like) last year.