India, April 15 -- UK retail sales increased in March as improving weather boosted house and garden related purchases, the British Retail Consortium reported Tuesday.
Retail sales grew 1.1 percent on a yearly basis in March. However, this was slower than the 3.5 percent growth in the same period last year.
This year, Easter is in April, while it was in March last year. This has distorted the annual comparison and made March 2025 sales lower.
Food sales grew 1.6 percent annually, following last year's 8.3 percent surge. Meanwhile, non-food sales gained 0.6 percent, in contrast to the 0.4 percent fall last year.
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