Non-Food sales increased by 0.3% on a total basis in June 2023. Credit: Richard Bell on Unsplash.

Total retail sales in the UK have grown by 4.9% in June 2023, according to data revealed by the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

The figure is on top of the three-month average growth of 4.6% and the 12-month average growth of 4.0%.

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During the month, UK like-for-like (LFL) retail sales were up by 4.2% versus a drop of 1.3% in the same month a year ago.

In the three months to June, food sales in the UK rose by 9.8% and 10.1% on a total basis and LFL basis, respectively.

Sales for non-food retailers grew by 0.3% on a total basis but declined by 0.5% on an LFL basis over the three months to June.

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In-store non-food sales increased by 2.0% on a total basis and 0.6% on LFL over the same period.

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Online non-food sales continue to decline but at a slower rate of 1.0% in June this year. It declined 9.1% in the same period a year ago.

British Retail Consortium chief executive Helen Dickinson said: “Consumer confidence remains fragile. But, with headline food inflation easing for two months in a row as prices of essentials start to fall thanks to stiff competition and consumers continuing to shift shopping patterns to mitigate as much inflation as they can, confidence could improve.

“However, retailers’ efforts to bring down prices could be derailed by costly reforms to the packaging levy (Extended Producer Responsibility) and a new deposit return scheme putting an inflationary £4bn burden on retailers. A hike to business rates is also on the cards for next April. Government must look at how these costly policies will impact inflation and consumers and think again.”

Last month, the latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey by the Confederation of British Industry revealed that sales volumes in the UK have fallen to -9% in June 2023 from -10% in the previous month.