Friday, Jan 22, 2010
Take away inflation, and the surge to beat VAT hike..
BBC News: UK Retail sales rise 0.3%
UK retail sales rose by just 0.3% between November and December, according to official figures.
The rise in sales volumes in the run-up to Christmas was lower than expected, with analysts having predicted a rise of more than 1%.
Rising prices were blamed for the slow increase, with prices increasing at their fastest rate in nine months.
As a result retail sales by value were stronger in December, rising by 0.9% compared with November.
Sales by value were up 3.6% from December 2008
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