Key retail growth figures for the holiday season in the UK 2019
lowest growth rates of recent years. Similarly, as seen in the present statistic, shopper traffic to retail locations during this period underwent a decline, showing a difference of -7.3 percent compared to the same period in the previous year. Online sales, on the other hand, showed an improvement of about 2.6, unlike like-for-like sales, which fell by 1.1 percent.
The United Kingdom had one of its worst Christmas trading periods in 2019, with retail sales showing the