FILE PHOTO: People wearing masks walk through a empty shopping area in Liverpool, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Liverpool, Britain, April 19, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble
May 22, 2020
LONDON (Reuters) – British retail sales fell by the most on record in April as much of the sector was shuttered by the government’s coronavirus lockdown, official figures showed on Friday.
Sales volumes fell 18.1% in April from March, a bigger fall than a median forecast for a drop of 16% in a Reuters poll of economists.
(Reporting by David Milliken; Writing by William Schomberg)
