date:Sep 23, 2013
onths to August, considered a better guide to consumer sentiment than one month's figures, retail sales were up by 1.7%.
Annual growth, comparing the latest quarter with the same three months in 2012, stood at 2.3%, the ONS said.
The official figures also appear to demonstrate Britain's increasing love of online shopping. The ONS said non-store retail sales grew by 29% between August 2012 and August 2013 and that there had been a marked upward trend since the turn of the year.
Economist David