Total retail sales in the same BRC survey are +0.1% y/y (prior +0.4%)
- BRC said its members reported a slight rise in spending on food and healthcare as a result of concerns around coronavirus at the end of February
Also released, the Barclaycard measure of consumer spending
- +2.2% in February y/y (prior +3.9%)
- digital entertainment and takeaway food higher as people stayed at home, Barclaycard said
