Sales continue to fall at embattled Burberry but at a lesser rate than analysts had predicted. Retail revenues were down 7% in the three months to December, to £659 million. This was down 3% at stable exchange rates. Comparable store sales were down 4% year on year. Market consensus had suggested a fall of around 12%.

Burberry’s shares jumped as much as 15 per cent on Friday after the British luxury group reported a lower than expected fall in sales over the festive period, boosted by US shoppers splashing out on high-end fashion.

Burberry Group Plc shares surged after a pickup in US demand boosted the trench-coat maker’s results, raising investor hopes for a luxury-market recovery.