Retail sales drop 2.2% in March despite Mother’s Day and Easter boost

Extra particularly, in-store gross sales dropped by 1.8% and non-store gross sales by 2.3%.
UK companies forecast decrease wage development over the subsequent 12 months to 4.9%
That is markedly decrease than the identical time final 12 months, when complete gross sales have been up 4.1%, with retailer and non-store gross sales growing by 6.6% and a couple of.8%, respectively.
Foot site visitors was boosted within the second and final week of the month as a consequence of Mothering Sunday in addition to the Easter interval and faculty holidays, however the figures have been destructive for the primary and third week of March, BDO discovered.
Total, the two.2% drop marks the sixth consecutive destructive …