date:Sep 23, 2013
The UK's Office for National Statistics showed that the volume of retail sales dropped by 0.9% in August, mainly as a result for weaker demand for food.
The ONS said that supermarkets had been particularly busy in July during the hottest of the summer weather but that activity came back to more normal levels in August.
Food sales dropped 2.7% in August, and there was little evidence of the recent pickup in housing activity helping sales of household goods, which fell by 1.6%.
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