UK retail sales fall 2.3% in ‘dull and wet’ April

In response to knowledge from the Workplace for Nationwide Statistics revealed immediately (24 Could), there was a major contraction in comparison with March, when retail gross sales fell by 0.2%.
April noticed sharp declines in family items and non-food retailer gross sales, which dropped by 5.4% and 5.1%, respectively, whereas meals retailer gross sales registered a extra average decline of 0.8%. 
The drop in retail gross sales adopted a “boring and moist month” that discouraged customers from making in-store purchases, the ONS stated. 
In the meantime, petrol gross sales additionally dropped by 4.9% in April, as extra retailers reported an increase in gasoline costs…