date:May 24, 2013
Retail sales in the United Kingdom unexpectedly fell in April, led by the biggest drop in food sales for almost two years and indicating continued weakness in consumer spending. Sales, including that of fuel, declined by 1.3 per cent from March, when they fell by 0.6 percent, according to the London-based Office for National Statistics.
The median forecast of 25 economists in a Bloomberg News survey was for a 0.1 per cent increase. Food sales plunged by 4.1 per cent, the most since May 2011. In