UK retail sales fall in September as shoppers spend less on food

ONS snapshot shows drop of 0.8%, which is bigger than expected after summer splurge A strong summer for Britain’s retailers came to an abrupt end in September as weaker demand for food hit supermarkets and dragged down spending overall.The latest spending snapshot from the Office for National Statistics showed the volume of sales for shops and online businesses had dropped by 0.8%, twice the monthly fall analysts had been expecting. Continue reading...