Rain Stops Pay: Retail Sales Dampened In July
Retail sales volumes fell 2.5% between June and July, but were up 5.2% in the three months to July and are 5.8% above their pre-pandemic February 2020 levels.Q2 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Food store volumes fell 1.5% compared to June, as the Euros effect passed.Sales volumes of clothing and household goods both fell 2%.Sales volumes in non-food stores fell 4.4% from June.Petrol sales fell 2.9%, the first fall since February, as the miserable weather put us off going anywhere. They’re now 6.7% below the February 2020 pre-pandemic level.The share of spending online rose back u...