date:Mar 28, 2014
.1%. Sales at so-called other stores, which include pharmacies, rose 2.9%.
The ONS said the wettest winter for almost 250 years had no material impact on retail sales. Rainfall in some parts of the country in February was almost 2 1/2 times the monthly average.
From a year earlier, total retail sales rose 3.7%. The average price of good sold fell 0.2%, the first annual decline since September 2009. The fall was driven by discounting of auto-fuel prices, which dropped 4.4%, todays figures showe