Retailers suffer record collapse in sales: ONS

// Retail sales reported the sharpest fall on record in March
// ONS said total sales volumes dived 5.1% as many stores shut their doors amid the lockdown
// Clothing store sales saw a particularly sharp fall, plunging 34.8%Retail sales reported the sharpest fall on record last month as clothing sales plunged by a third, according to new figures from the ONS.
Total sales volumes in March dived 5.1 per cent compared to February, as many stores shut their doors in the face of the coronavirus. On a