The value of retail sales increased by 2.8% like-for-like from September 2008 partly due to the Bank Holidays falling in the September period this year according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Retail Sales Monitor for September. There was a further slow down in food sales due to food inflation. Other sectors that increased were clothing and footwear and homewares and furniture sales due to an increase in consumer confidence and the housing market. Internet sales of non-food goods helped achieve a figure of 11% higher than a year ago in September and 7.9% compared with August.
The BRC Shop Price Index stayed deflationary for the second consecutive month. Shop prices fell 0.1% in September year-on-year. Food inflation increased to 2.5% from 2.3% in August. On the monthly basis the index remained flat.
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