The retail sales figures from the ONS for October 2009 show that the value of sales was up by 3% and volume was up 3.4% compared with last year.
Predominantly food stores monthly sales values were up 3.9% on October last year, whereas non-food stores were up 0.9% over the same period. Non-store retailing was up 14.5% on last year. Volumes for predominantly food stores were 1.6% higher than last year and non-food stores 3.5% up. The non-store retailing and repair sector was up 15.8% on last year.
The average weekly value of Internet sales in October 2009 was £220.6 million, 3.9% of total retail sales. Prices of retail sales were estimated to be 0.4% lower than October 2008.
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