"Whilst the operating profit has fallen, this represents a strong performance in the current environment," said a spokesman for the publisher.
"This represents a strong performance in what remains a very tough market," said Asda's chief executive, Andy Clarke.
Wenger was delighted with Arsenal's performance, which represented a "strong and united" response to Tuesday's 3-2 home loss to Olympiakos in the Champions League.
"January represented a strong finish to our fiscal year, with an outstanding performance in legacy Macy's and Bloomingdale's stores, as well as continued improvement in sales trends at former May Company locations," said Terry Lundgren, the company's chairman.
This growth was supported by a strong performance in mobile commerce sales which represented 20% of total Argos sales in the period.
It was, overall, a strong performance".
A strong performance could give them momentum.
It was a strong performance, theatrically clear.
Still a strong performance all round, though.
I expect a strong performance and a win on Saturday.
