Although annual retail sales grew modestly in November, sales growth remains lower than reported in the first half of this year, the CBI said today. Receive the Personnel Today Direct e-newsletter every Wednesday According to the CBI’s latest quarterly Distributive Trades Survey, 43 per cent of retailers reporting a rise in sales volumes compared to a year ago in November, while 30 per cent reported a fall. Business optimism among retailers is at its weakest since November 1998, the CBI said.
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