Economic Buzz: UK retail sales up by 2.4% in August

The United Kingdom's retail sales volumes jumped 2.4% in August compared with the same month a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics said in a report published on Friday.

On a monthly basis, the figure rose 0.5%, with non-store retailing up 1.7% and department store sales up 1.8%. Meanwhile, automotive fuel sales declined by 1.3% compared with the previous month.

In the three months to August, sales volumes went up by 0.9% quarter-over-quarter and 2.4% year-over-year.

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