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Clothing sales help boost January sales

Apparel and footwear sales helped boost UK retail sales in January as the cold snap during the first two week of the year drove consumers to the New Year sales. Overall, UK retail sales increased 2.6 percent on a like for like basis from the same period a year ago, according to the British Retail Consortium and KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. UK...

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Small rise UK apparel sales

Last month UK retail sales rose an unexpected 0.6 per cent due to strong demand for apparel and footwear. This was revealed by figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data showed that warm weather helped boost overall high street sales in March. Sales of clothing and shoes were up a better-than-expected 1.1 per cent. ONS...