M&S clothing sales rebound during Christmas trading period

London - The tide finally seems to be changing for struggling high street department store Marks & Spencer, as the group saw its apparel and homeware sales returned to black. M&S reported a 2.3 percent growth in clothing and homeware sales over the Christmas trading period, the first time in two years the ailing division reported a like-for-like growth and the first time M&S has reported sales growth during the holiday season over the past six years.