Retail sales rose by an annual rate of 1% during the month, up from 0.5% in the July and above the three-month average of 0.4%, said the British Retail Consortium (BRC) trade body. Cold UK summer dampens consumer spending in June This was however below the March peak, but the BRC reassured that August was still a «strong rebound» versus from the significant drop in April and the slight decline back in June. A similar pattern appeared in the three-month average figures, which were up 2.9% year-on-year and signalled a recovery from June's lacklustre results, but this still came in be...
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