Shoppers returned to Cardiff city centre in April. Picture Huw Evans Agency EASING restrictions on non-essential retail saw a surge in spending following the latest lockdowns, new figures show. Sales in April jumped 9.2 per cent compared with March, with clothes stores proving particularly popular, jumping 25.3 per cent, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Compared with April 2020, during the first national lockdown which left high streets deserted, sales were up 43.4 per cent and were also up 9.9 per cent compared with the last month before the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Despite shoppers returning to stores again, the ONS said it had seen long-term trends emerge from the pandemic that look set to stay.
Shoppers returned to Cardiff city centre in April. Picture Huw Evans Agency EASING restrictions on non-essential retail saw a surge in spending following the latest lockdowns, new figures show. Sales in April jumped 9.2 per cent compared with March, with clothes stores proving particularly popular, jumping 25.3 per cent, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Compared with April 2020, during the first national lockdown which left high streets deserted, sales were up 43.4 per cent and were also up 9.9 per cent compared with the last month before the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Despite shoppers returning to stores again, the ONS said it had seen long-term trends emerge from the pandemic that look set to stay.
Shoppers returned to Cardiff city centre in April. Picture Huw Evans Agency EASING restrictions on non-essential retail saw a surge in spending following the latest lockdowns, new figures show. Sales in April jumped 9.2 per cent compared with March, with clothes stores proving particularly popular, jumping 25.3 per cent, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Compared with April 2020, during the first national lockdown which left high streets deserted, sales were up 43.4 per cent and were also up 9.9 per cent compared with the last month before the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Despite shoppers returning to stores again, the ONS said it had seen long-term trends emerge from the pandemic that look set to stay.
Shoppers returned to Cardiff city centre in April. Picture Huw Evans Agency EASING restrictions on non-essential retail saw a surge in spending following the latest lockdowns, new figures show. Sales in April jumped 9.2 per cent compared with March, with clothes stores proving particularly popular, jumping 25.3 per cent, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Compared with April 2020, during the first national lockdown which left high streets deserted, sales were up 43.4 per cent and were also up 9.9 per cent compared with the last month before the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Despite shoppers returning to stores again, the ONS said it had seen long-term trends emerge from the pandemic that look set to stay.
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