date:Feb 13, 2014
h slipped slightly to 2.4%, indicating that brighter economic prospects are yet to be seen in the nation's shopping trolleys, Fraser McKevitt, retail analyst at Kantar Worldpanel said.
The slowest industry growth since 2005 made it hard for many of the biggest retailers to increase sales. However, shoppers felt the benefit as grocery inflation fell to only 2.1%, Mr. McKevitt added.
The figures come on the same day the British Retail Consortium said retail sales across stores that have been ope