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UK Retail Sales Decline Despite Panic Buying Of Fuel

British retail sales unexpectedly fell for a fifth month in a row last month, despite a rush of motorists filling their cars with fuel, adding to signs tha...

UK Retail Sales See Unexpected Decline In August: ONS

British retail sales volumes unexpectedly fell last month in what is now their longest streak of declines since current records began, though sales volumes...

UK Retail Sales Dip As Consumers Spend More In Dining Out

British retail sales fell unexpectedly last month as a lifting of lockdown restrictions encouraged spending in restaurants rather than shops, according to...

Garden Party Plans Help Push Up UK Retail Sales

British retail sales rose in February, helped in part by consumers buying outdoor furniture ahead of a partial relaxing of coronavirus restrictions which w...

UK Consumer Spending Slips, Fewer People Work From Home

More British people returned to offices after schools in England reopened, but there were falls in consumer spending and ships calling at British ports, we...

UK Retail Sales Fell In November As Lockdown Hit Stores

British retail sales fell sharply last month when a four-week lockdown in England closed stores which sold non-essential goods to the public, official figu...

UK Retail Sales Surge Past Pre-COVID-19 Peak In July

British retail sales surged past their pre-coronavirus level in July, the first full month that shops selling non-essential goods were open since the count...

UK Retail Sales Rebound In January After Weak End To 2019

British shoppers started spending again at the start of this year after a very sluggish end to 2019, adding to signs that improved sentiment since December...

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Online Spending Splurge Helps UK Retail Sales Grow Unexpectedly In July