UK retail sales fall by most since March 2020
UK retail sales in the month of March tumbled by the most since April 2020, and the closure of the majority of non-food shops during the first weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The latest data from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said that retail sales sunk to -52 in March, down from an already weak -43 in February, and that businesses only expected a marginal improvement to -49 in April.
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