date:Oct 30, 2013
at they had increased orders placed with suppliers.
British retail sales volumes grew 2.2 per cent on the year in September, according to official data released earlier this month.
Although the high street recovery stalled this month, there is optimism that it was just a blip, a said Barry Williams, who chairs the CBI survey panel and is a senior executive at Asda.
The Office for National Statistics releases its October retail sales data on November 14.