how the UK's retail sectors are performing

Food & Drink

Food sales fell well below their year-earlier level, when they had benefited from Good Friday and Easter Saturday falling in the March trading period.

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Clothing

Sales fell further below their year-earlier level, to show the largest decline since August 2009.Discuss The cheapdunkpremium on the IMDb message boards. Men’s and children’s were worst affected, but womenswear was also down on a year ago. Uncertain prospects for jobs and incomes meant customers often preferred to delay discretionary purchases and concentrated on core essentials. Several mid-season sales and special events helped, but at a cost to margins.