UK retail sales registered an enormous drop in January, ONS says

In January 2013 UK retail sales volumes fell by 0.6 per cent on the month (0% year-on-year), according to the latest data available today from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

In January 2013 UK retail sales volumes fell by 0.6 per cent on the month (0% year-on-year), according to the latest data available today from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The consensus estimate had been for an increase of 0.5%.

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