UK retail sales soar 9.2pc in April as shops reopen
UK retail sales soar 9.2pc in April as shops reopen
A surge in spending on clothes helped to boost retail sales last month, as lockdown measures eased and non-essential shops reopened.
Retail sales jumped 9.2% in April, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, with sales of clothing soaring by nearly 70% compared with March.
Sales overall were more than 10% higher than pre-pandemic levels, although online sales dipped.
Further evidence of the rebound in the UK economy came in a separate survey, an IHS/Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index, which suggested that activity among private business during May has expanded at the fastest pace for more than two decades.
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