UK retail sales spark in warm weather
By Abigail Townsend
Date: Friday 16 Jun 2023
(Sharecast News) - UK retail sales strengthened last week, industry data showed on Friday, as the warm weather helped boost demand for clothing.
According the latest BDO High Street Sales Tracker, total like-for-like sales rose 2.95% in the week ending 11 June, compared to a rise of 7.63% in the same week a year previously. It was the second consecutive week of sales growth, following a fortnight of negative data.
In-store sales rose 5.39%, while non-store sales jumped 6.56%
Leading the increase was fashion, with like-for-like sales ahead 5.07%. Lifestyle sales also rose, by 1.7%, but homewares declined 2.27%, the eighteenth negative result for the category so far this year.
BDO said that footfall was 4.2% stronger compared to the same week in 2022, with high streets seeing the best growth, up 5.4% year-on-year. Retail parks and shopping centres saw footfall improve by 2.1% and 3.8% respectively.
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