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The sales rise was bigger than expected
UK retail sales rose in October, ending two months of declines, official figures have shown.
Sales volumes last month were 0.5% higher than in September, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS), a bigger increase than had been expected by analysts.
However, the ONS now says sales declined by 0.5% in September, rather than its first estimate of a 0.2% fall.
Excluding volatile fuel prices, retail sales rose 0.3% in October.
Compared with the same month last year, overall retail sales in October were down 0.1%, following no change in September.
Food sales in October were 0.1% higher than the month before, while sales of fuel rose 2.5%.
Sales of clothing and footwear gained 0.6%, but household goods sales declined by the same amount.
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
The sales rise was bigger than expected UK retail sales rose in October, ending two months of declines, official figures have shown.
Sales volumes last month were 0.5% higher than in September, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS), a bigger increase than had been expected by analysts.
However, the ONS now says sales declined by 0.5% in September, rather than its first estimate of a 0.2% fall.
Excluding volatile fuel prices, retail sales rose 0.3% in October.
Compared with the same month last year, overall retail sales in October were down 0.1%, following no change in September.
Food sales in October were 0.1% higher than the month before, while sales of fuel rose 2.5%.
Sales of clothing and footwear gained 0.6%, but household goods sales declined by the same amount.
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.