The volume of retail sales grew by just 0.4% in the three months to the end of December 2007, show figures from the Office for National Statistics, out today.
This compares with growth of 1% in the three months to the end of November.
The growth rate was 0.3% for predominantly food stores, while no growth was reported for non-food stores.
Month-on-month figures show sales volume in December actually fell by 0.4%, although food stores saw sales marginally up, by 0.1%.
Predominantly food stores
Volume of retail sales
July -0.4%
August -0.3%
Sept 0.5%
Oct 1.1%
Nov 0.9%
Dec 0.3%
Percentage change: latest three months on previous three months
Source: ONS
