UK’s retail sales post unexpected recovery in July
The data showed that retail sales excluding auto fuel moved higher by 1.5% in July. Food sales were up 0.6% after sliding 1% in June while retail sales for textiles, clothing and footwear increased 3.5% during the same period. Retail sales for watches and jewelry, meanwhile, climbed 3.1% on the month and 16.6% from a year earlier, posting the strongest growth since November 2014.
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