Retail sales see green shoots over March, despite ‘challenging’ landscape

Retail sales edged up in in March, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG, with small rises registered across both food and non food revenues.
However, the organisation pointed out that Easter falling in April this year, compared to March last year, resulted in an artificially higher April.
Total retail sales were up 1.1% year on year, covering the five weeks from 2 March to 5 April, compared to growth of 3.5% in March 2024.
Food sales increased by 1.6% over the period, agains