U.K. October Retail Sales Decline as Shoppers Rein in Spending

U.K. retail sales fell in October, suggesting a “worrying” weakness in demand from shoppers as the economic recovery falters, according to the British Retail Consortium.

Sales at stores open at least 12 months, measured by value, fell 0.6 percent from a year earlier, the London-based trade group said in an e-mailed report today. Sales of furniture fell the most since September 2010 and food-sales growth slowed to the weakest in four months.