The British Retail Consortium (BRC) reports that retail sales are on an upward trend

Sales up by 5.7 percent in mainstream retail

In April sales rose 5.2 percent as an average across all sectors.

"The pattern of sales reflected the weather — good at the start of [May] when the sun shone, but hit hard in the last week by the rain," the BRC said in a press statement.

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