Retail sales return to pre-pandemic levels but high street fashion stores suffering

Coronavirus – Wed Jul 1, 2020

Shoppers returned to high streets in increasing numbers in the UK last month but business at clothes and household goods stores remains below pre-pandemic levels, official figures show.

The UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) said total retail sales volumes in July rose 3.6% compared with June and are now 3% above pre-pandemic levels.