Economics
U.K. Retail Sales Surge in June as Stores Gradually Reopened
- Volumes return to close to pre-lockdown levels, ONS says
- Separate report shows consumer confidenece remains weak
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U.K. retail sales jumped by a record in June as a lifting of coronavirus restrictions allowed more stores to open up.
Sales volumes including fuel rose 13.9% from May, the most since records began in 1996, the Office for National Statistics said Friday. That left a measure of total sales 0.6% below the level seen in February, while a reading that excludes fuel was higher than its pre-virus position.