- December 17, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Good morning, and welcome to out rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business.
There are only 8 days to Christmas, but many people have got their festive shopping in early, it seems.
British retail sales jumped by 1.4% in November, data just released show, thanks to strong trading around Black Friday and in the lead up to Christmas, the Office for National Statistics says.
It puts retail sales 4.7% higher than a year earlier when many shops had to shut in England’s 2020 lockdown.
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
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Our latest data show retail sales volumes rose by an estimated 1.4% in November 2021 compared with October 2021.
This is 7.2% higher than their pre-pandemic levels (February 2020) https://t.co/IonApRCZZ4 pic.twitter.com/DDPGyR6eCv
December 17, 2021
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