Retail franchise Snappy Snaps enjoyed a sales growth of 6.7 per cent year-on-year in the eight weeks leading up to Christmas.

Ann Simpson, Director for Snappy Snaps, said: "We continued to see solid growth during 2011 and the Christmas sales period due to the diversity of products now available in store and online, despite a challenging retail climate."

Although Snappy Snaps started in 1983 primarily as a basic photo-developing lab, the franchise has built its operation so that its network of more than 120 franchise owners can offer a wide variety of commercial, interior and personalised printing services catering for professional photographers, businesses and individual consumer needs alike.