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Thursday, 24 July 2008 00:00 |
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UK retail sales fell by 3.9% between May and June, the largest decrease since records began in 1986, according to the latest Government figures.
Sales volumes in food stores fell by 3.6% – also the largest fall since 1986.
The drop was even greater in non-food stores, with another record fall, of 4.5%.
June's falling sales took the three-monthly growth figure to +0.6% between April and June, when compared with the previous three months.
This was down from the 1.6% growth recorded in the three months to May.
Three-monthly growth for food stores fell by 0.2% and in non-food stores sales rose by 1.1%.
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