April 6, 2018
U.K. retail sales in May were down 1.6 percent on May 2008, and 0.6 percent down on April, according to figures from the U.K.'s Office of National Statistics.
Month-on-month, predominantly non-food stores saw a decrease of 1.4 percent, with textiles, clothing and footwear stores down by 1.9 percent and non-specialized stores down by 1.8 percent. Predominantly food stores saw sales rise by 0.3 percent, compared with April.
The year-on-year figures show that predominantly food stores in May 2009 fell by 1.3 percent compared to May 2008. Predominantly non-food stores were down 3 percent.
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