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BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor March 2013: Fashion sales it by cold weather
Helen Dickinson Director General, BRC UK retail sales values were up 1.9% on a like-for-like basis from March 2012, when they had risen 1.3% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 3.7%, against a 3.6% rise in March 2012. Growth is inflated by the timing of Easter, which fell in March this year but in April last year. Unseasonable weather hindered fashion categories. Adjusted for Shop Price Index inflation at 1.4% in March, total retail sales values grew 2.3% in real terms. Online sales were up 6.6% compared with March 2012, when they had risen by 13.9%. Helen Dickinson, Director General, British ... (full story)