"The unusually warm weather in March brought some welcome sunshine into the lives of non-food retailers"
- Stephen Robertson, director general of the BRC
The U.K. retail sector expanded in March 2012, compared to the same period last year. Retail sales rose 1.3 per cent, said the British Retail Consortium on Wednesday.
"The unusually warm weather in March brought some welcome sunshine into the lives of non-food retailers," said Stephen Robertson, director general of the BRC.
"It's worth remembering the sales comparison is against the weakest month of last year, largely caused by the movement of Easter in the calendar, and we'll have to see whether this is additional spending or just shopping which has happened earlier than usual."
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