Dont have an account?Sign up here
Conservative Home | A precondition for victory is unity - but unity requires boldness and generosity...
09:47ToryDiary
Open Europe blog team | Howarth: It's Crunch Time for Britain and the EU
09:41Open Europe blog
Mark Ferguson | Why are the Tories putting a price on loving commitment?
09:33LabourList
Tom Harris | You do realise that any increase in MPs' wages will be imposed on us by Ipsa, an...
09:24Tom Harris
You do realise that any increase in MPs' wages will be imposed on us by Ipsa, and that we have no say in the matter? Good. Just checking.
Lib Dem sources say they are "listening to the arguments" over civil partnership...
09:23Norman Smith
Lib Dem sources say they are "listening to the arguments" over civil partnerships amendment to gay marriage bill
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers
10:05 Sign up to see last 24 hours
Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers, Sign up to see last 24 hours
17 February 2010
Like-for-like sales in January were 0.6% lower than in January 2009, when they had risen 2.0%. Total sales in January were 2.8% up on a year ago.
January's like-for-like sales fall was the same as November's, after a Christmas uplift in December. Food sales growth slowed and non-food sales dropped back below their year-earlier level.
Food sales benefited from the snow as people stocked up but then slowed later in the month. The coldest January since 1979 also boosted clothing and footwear, but homewares and discretionary items fell back as people concentrated on essentials in the wintry weather.
Like-for-like sales growth was only marginally better than that in the UK, having been worse than in the UK since September. UK sales were 0.7% lower than in January 2009, when they had risen 1.1%, less than the 2.0% increase in Scotland.
DOWNLOADS: SCOTTISH RETAIL SALES MONITOR