British high street sales fell in early June despite shoppers splashing out on food and new televisions for the World Cup, the CBI business group said today.
The CBI's distributive trades survey showed a 5% balance of retailers reporting lower sales volumes than a year ago in the two weeks to June 9 - although this improved on May's 18% decline.
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