Retail sales return to meagre growth
// Retail sales were up by only 4% after shops reopened, the CBI says
// Grocery, hardware and DIY sales were up, but fashion and department stores continued to feel the pinchRetail sales returned to anaemic growth in the year to July as shoppers made their way back into shops, but there is still a long way to go before normality returns, new figures show.
Sales were up by four per cent, according to a closely-watched survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
It came mainly as gro
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