- Prior 0.4%
- 5.3% vs 2.6% exp y/y. Prior 2.0%
- Ex-fuel 2.8% vs 0.3% exp m/m. Prior 0.4%
- 6.1% vs 3.2% exp y/y. Prior 2.3%
Wow, wow and thrice wow. Biggest rise since October 2004
- Non store retailing +4.8% in Dec, +21.6% y/y
- Department stores +8.7%
Small stores surprisingly the driver of sales growing three times faster annually than the big shops.
Cable up 100 pips from 1.6345 to 1.6445
UK retail sales 17 01 2014