Colder June puts a dampener on retail sales

Supermarket shoppers

A cold and wet start to summer has dampened non-food retail sales across the UK, although the start of the Euros and the summer of sport have helped with an uptick in food purchases.

The latest BRC-KPMG sales monitor data for the month of June shows total sales for the period dropped 0.2% year-on-year, compared to 4.9% growth for the same period in June 2023.

 

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