December 15, 2005
Retail sales up November
Written by Brian Turner
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Retail figures for November were significantly up, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
Although food saw the highest three-monthly growth, all sectors recorded increases, with overall growth at 0.7%.
According to the ONS:
Compared with the same period a year ago, sales volumes in the three months to November 2005 were up 1.3 per cent. At sector level the three-monthly annual increase for food stores was 2.4 per cent, compared with 1.0 per cent for non-food stores. Clothing stores showed the strongest growth over the year at 3.1 per cent. There was a decrease of 1.3 per cent for household goods stores and a decrease of 2.9 per cent for non-store retailing, the lowest growth for this sector since January 2004.
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