UK: December retail sales climb 1.8%
Author: just-style.com | 26 January 2009
UK sales volumes for the month of December grew by 1.8%, according to the Office For National Statistics (ONS), after retailers adopted aggressive Christmas discounting.
However, sales growth in the recession-hit country were at their lowest for nearly three years.
The ONS said that the increase was driven by sales in the non-store retailing and repair sector, including specialist internet retailers, and by predominantly non-food stores.
Offsetting this increase in sales volumes, sales by predominantly food stores fell by 2.1% between the December 2007 and December 2008 reporting periods.
Sales values in December 2008 fell by 0.8% compared to the prior year period, with predominantly non-food stores sloping 3.6%.
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