UK retailers face declining sales amid Covid-19 shutdown

Lockdown easing and price cuts fail to stop second successive slump in monthly sales

Britain’s retailers suffered a second successive slump in monthly sales during May as the coronavirus shutdown took its toll on the high street.

Price cutting by furniture and homewares shops, which were among the worst hit, failed to entice customers to open their wallets, leaving last month’s sales figures down by 5.9% compared with the same month last year.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2UqZUoh

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