Hargreaves Lansdown : Retail sales – food sales sizzled in June as the Euros took over screens, while spending wanes later in July

* Retail sales volumes rose 0.5% between May and June 2021.

* Food store volumes rose 4.2% compared to May, as spending around the Euros boosted trade.

* Sales of clothing fell by 4.8% and sales in household goods stores was down 10.9%.

* Retail sales volumes were 12.2% higher in the three months to the end of June 2021, compared to the previous three months.

* Non-food stores reported a fall of 1.7% in sales volumes in June 2021 compared to May 2021,

* Retail sales volumes were up 9.5% when compared with their pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic February 2020 levels.

* The share of spending online decreased to 26.7% in June 2021, down from 28.4% in May 2021, but remains higher than before the pandemic (19.9%).

* high street footfall in the week ending July 17th saw a weekly increase of 3%, its first rise since the start of June

The ONS has released monthly retail sales data for June.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/retailindustry/bulletins/retailsales/june2021

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