British Retail Consortium data for April 2020
Non-food prices in April were 3.7% lower than a year before, the sharpest drop since the survey began in 2006
- biggest fall in sales since December 2008
Food price inflation rose to its highest since June 2019 at 1.8% in April, up from 1.1% the month before.
Shop prices overall fell by 1.7%, the largest decline since January 2017.
BRC comment
- "With lockdown effectively closing the high street, non-food retailers are reliant on online sales and prices have fallen as they look to sell stock"s