High street sales battered by storms and coronavirus fears

// February high street sales hurt by storms and the growing fears around the coronavirus
// Like-for-like sales in physical shops fell 0.9%, according to the BDO High Street Sales Tracker
// Online sales increased, although at a much slower rate than usual 6%High street sales have taken a battering from storms and coronavirus fears over the past month, according to new data.
Like-for-like store sales slipped 0.9 per cent in February, BDO’s latest High Street Sales Tracker shows.
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