Argos, part of the Home Retail Group, is bucking the trend with sales of computers and tablets up 7%, while 4k technology meant sales of top-end TVs were given a boost too, as customers raced to upgrade their sets before the Euro 2016 football tournament. Q1 2016 like-for-like sales rose by 0.1%, but better news came from the internet, where online sales were up 16%, the best figures for three years. The poor weather is estimated to have reduced sales by 1%. The ONS said that in January 2016, UK retail sales increased at an annual rate of 2.9%, compared with growth of just 0.1% over the previous year.
Argos, part of the Home Retail Group, is bucking the trend with sales of computers and tablets up 7%, while 4k technology meant sales of top-end TVs were given a boost too, as customers raced to upgrade their sets before the Euro 2016 football tournament. Q1 2016 like-for-like sales rose by 0.1%, but better news came from the internet, where online sales were up 16%, the best figures for three years. The ONS said that in January 2016, UK retail sales increased at an annual rate of 2.9%, compared with growth of just 0.1% over the previous year.