UK store fashion posts strongest week in 21 as heat drives demand

UK store fashion sales recorded their strongest week in 21 weeks, growing +12.33% in a seven-day period covering the spring bank holiday and half-term break, according to the latest BDO High Street Sales Tracker. The result, which compares to a -3.17% base in the same week last year, was driven by two record-breaking late-spring heatwaves that pushed temperatures to 34.8 and 35.1 degrees Celsius at the start of the week.