date:Oct 11, 2018
growth slows to weakest in five months - BRC
Growth in retail sales has slowed to its lowest rate in five months, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). For the five weeks between 26 August and 29 September, total sales increased by 0.7% compared with 2.3% for September 2017, the lowest since Easter. On a like-for-like basis, UK retail sales decreased by 0.2% from September 2017, when they increased by 1.9% from the preceding year. Over the three-months to September, non-food retail s