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    Early Easter and bad weather contribute to drop in spring retail sales figures

    by Alex Daniel May 06, 2024 1 minute
    Source: PA Wire

    Retail sales dropped 4% in April versus the previous year, dampened by a spell of wet weather and an early Easter bank holiday.

    The year-on-year drop is set against a growth of 5.1% in April 2023, but was artificially worsened (BRC)-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.

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