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| 23/05/2012 |
ONS Reveal Fall In UK Sales |
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According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) retail sales volumes fell by 2.3% in April, largely because of a record fall in petrol sales.
In the aftermath of March’s petrol panic buying sales of fuel were down by 13.2% in April, and the months record rainfall also affected sales of clothing and footwear.
Stripping out the impact of the fall in petrol sales, total retail sales volumes were down 1% between March and April, analysts had previously forecast a rise of 1%.
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"So it's very difficult to get a gauge of underlying strength of High Street activity from these numbers, given so very big distorting factors."
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