UK retail sales increase with the promise of spring

UK retailers were able to transcend the traditional deceleration of sales in February as retail sales increased on a like-for-like basis from February 2014 0.2 percent compared to the 1 percent dip last year according to the latest data from the BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor. Overall, total retail sales grew 1.7 percent last month year-on-year, up from the 0.7 percent increase in 2014.