Retails Sales Growth Internet Sales Doing Well

Retail sales in the UK rose 6.3% over the year to April, like-for-like sales by 4.6%. It is the best sales growth for 3 years. Food increased 6.9% and 5.3% like-for-like and all categories by 2.2%. Online and catalogue sales increased by 12.5%. Like-for-like figures are measurements taken of the value of comparable sales compared to the same period a year earlier. It excludes stores that opened or closed in that year. Total sales growth figures give the value of all sales.