This follows on from a 1% rise in August and was led by strong sale activity in the computers and telecommunications sector, at around 5.5%.
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Food sales provided the largest and only detraction from the month, down nearly 2%.
The ONS noted September’s sales volumes were at their highest since July 2022, with figures for the year to September 2024 up 3.9%, the biggest rise since February 2022.
More broadly, retail sales grew by 1.9% in the third quarter of the year compared with Q2, and u…
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