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UK retail sales rose by 0.6% in July, compared to a revised 0.3% increase in June, down from a 0.9% increase. Expectations were for a 0.3% increase. Sales fell by 0.6% in the three months to July compared to the three months to April, after four consecutive months of growth.
\nIn detail, non-store retail sales rose by 2.5% in July, while clothing and footwear stores rose by 2.5%, supported by good weather and an increase resulting from the Women’s European Championship. Motor fuel sales rose by 0.9%, while food sales fell by 0.2%.<\/p>\n
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UK retail sales rose by 0.6% in July, compared to a revised 0.3% increase in June, down from a 0.9% increase. Expectations were for a 0.3% increase. Sales fell by 0.6% in the three months to July compared to the three months to April, after four consecutive months of growth. In detail, non-store retail sales […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-currency-markets"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n