January retail sales disappoint

07 March 2019

 

Retail sales figures have been lacklustre for the past couple of years but in 2018 the annual growth rate showed some signs of stabilising, albeit at a low rate. Annual growth rates started trending up in early 2018 and growth rates of individual months exceeded expectations on several occasions. However, December’s figures were substantially under market expectations and the latest batch of figures have missed as well.  According to the...

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