Food price rise boosts retail sales income
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said like-for-like sales rose 0.8 per cent by value in October – up from 0.5 per cent in September.
However, the increase was largely driven by higher food price inflation and non-food sales failed to make headway over the month.
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Hide AdClothing sales fell for the first time in almost a year, with shoppers wary of committing to large purchases, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
Fast-growing mail order and internet sales growth pulled back after a strong September, up 12.8 per cent last month.