Fashion and furniture shopping help UK retail sales rebound in May (Jacob King/PA) (Image: PA Archive/PA Images) A surge in shoppers returning to fashion and furniture stores contributed to a boost in retail sales last month, following a dip in April due to inclement weather, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics. The volume of goods purchased increased by 2.9 percent in May, rebounding from a 1.
8 percent drop in April, with the latter figure being revised up from an initial estimate of a 2.3 percent decline. This exceeded expectations, as some economists had predicted a more modest increase of 1.
6 percent for the month. Most sectors saw an uptick in sales volume in May compared to April, which was marred by poor weather that deterred shoppers. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.
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