Online Shopping Bolsters Christmas Sales

Wednesday 22nd May

Posted at 7:56AM Tuesday 08 Jan 2013

Strong growth in online shopping stopped retail sales falling in December, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

Sales in December were up 1.5% compared with a year earlier, while like-for-like sales, which exclude new store openings, rose 0.3%.

Without a 17.8% jump in online non-food sales, total sales would have fallen.

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