U.K. November Retail Sales Fall Most in Six Months, BRC Says

U.K. retail sales fell the most in six months in November as the weaker economic outlook prompted Britons to curtail spending, according to the British Retail Consortium.

Sales at stores open at least 12 months, measured by value, fell 1.6 percent from a year earlier, the biggest drop since May, the London-based trade group said in an e-mailed report today. Sales of winter clothing and footwear were hurt by mild weather in November and by consumers’ uncertainty over jobs and incomes, the BRC said.