Retail sales volumes rise as prices dip by 0.1%

CONSUMERS are spending less but getting more for their money, new figures show.

The volume of retail sales jumped by 3.5% in the year to May, but the value of sales, which measures prices, was down 0.1%, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Sales at department stores climbed 7.4% in May while clothes sales jumped 13.2%.