LONDON: Retail sales in the nation fell 0.4 percent last month after surging the most in more than two years the previous month during post-Christmas sales.
Clothing and shoes fell 0.4 percent, with poor weather delaying purchases of spring and summer attire, the Office for National Statistics said in a report on Thursday. While the figures show a decline on the month, sales were up 3.8 percent compared with a year earlier.
There have been some signs that Britain’s economy slowed early this year and the government’s official budget forecasters last week cut estimates for growth until the end of the decade.
