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UK Retail Sales Fall 0.4% in September, More Than Expected

Official figures showed retail sales volumes fell 0.4% in September, versus economists’ 0.1% forecast. The warm start to autumn weighed on online clothing vendors, while supermarkets also recorded lower volumes.

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British retail sales fell by a larger-than-expected 0.4% in September as a warm start to the autumn weighed on online clothing vendors and supermarkets also saw a drop in volumes, official figures showed on Friday.Most economists polled by Reuters had forecast a drop of 0.1% drop in sales volumes c…