UK Retail Sales

A monthly rise in sales in September was also revised down to 0.1 per cent from a previous estimate of a 0.3 per cent gain

Retail sales in Germany, Europe's largest economy, fell unexpectedly in February, while the continent's manufacturing activity continued its decline during the first quarter

The company has benefitted during the pandemic from people buying more cleaning products, besides cold and flu remedies like Lemsip and Strepsils

Analysts said the monthly decline does not represent the start of a slowdown in the British recovery from its biggest economic contraction in more than 300 years.

Half of Britons in a YouGov survey of 1,032 people said they would now feel uncomfortable visiting an enclosed retail space like a shopping mall

Britain closed non-essential retailers to the public in late March and only a small number such as garden centres were able to reopen in May

Retail sales volumes dropped 1.5 percent from November

Brexit vote in June 2016 led to big fall in the value of sterling, which has pushed up inflation

Year-on-year, retail sales growth slowed to 1.7 percent in March from 3.7 percent in February