The food and fashion retailer said sales in the three months to December 26 fell 7.6% but it had a ‘robust’ Christmas.
It is no longer possible for Debenhams to deliver orders to the Republic of Ireland "due to uncertainty around post-Brexit trade rules".
The stationery chain, which has about 120 stores and employs 1,500 people, would become the first big name business casualty of 2021.