Brits on diet: sales of the food stores decreased

On an annual basis, the British retail sales volume increased by 0.4 percent in August. The food store sales decreased by 3.5 percent, while the sales of the non-food stores increased by 4.6 percent.

The total sales volume in the June-August period increased by 0.7 percent, compared to the same period of last year. On the basis of the seasonally adjusted data, the retail sales value in August was 1.9 percent higher than in August 2009 and increased by 2.3 percent in the three months ending with August, compared to the same period of the previous year – reports ProfitLine.hu.