British retail sales will increase by 0.4% in March

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British retailers increased by 0.4 percent in March, beating the expectations of analysts and helped in clothing and open shops with an increase in glass stores.

The office for national statistics showed the expectations of economists elected by Reuters, which predicted the monthly data of the volume of the volume of goods purchased.

In February, 0.7 percent increased by 0.7 percent and followed a strong increase in January.

In March three months, the size of the less volatile spending, sales increased by 1.6 percent compared to the previous three months.

Clothes and open retailers have increased the sale of sales. These increases were partially replaced by waterfalls in supermarket sales.

A separate research company GFK made on Friday showed that the consumer confidence in April to the 23rd point in April, the lowest level.

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