UK retail sales rise in January

Tuesday 21st May

Posted at 8:16AM Tuesday 05 Feb 2013

The number of UK retail sales grew last month, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

The industry body said like-for-like retail sales in January were up 1.9% compared with the same time last year.

That is the largest year-on-year rise since December 2011.

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