UK retail sales increased by 1.3% last month on a like-for-like basis from August 2016, when they had decreased 0.9% from the preceding year, according to date from the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-KMPG. Covering the four weeks from July 30 to August 26, the BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor reveals that: …
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Retail sales growth slowed in July from June, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG. The BRC-KPMG monthly retail sales monitor the four weeks from July 2 to July 29, reveals that sales edged up by 0.9% on a like-for-like basis from June 2016, compared with 1.1% from …
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