Total retail sales in the four weeks to January 30 fell 1.3% year on year as like-for-like sales from stores that continue to operate under lockdown measures registered a 7.1% uplift.

Total sales during the period declined for the first time since last May, with the 1.3% decline below the three-month average growth of 0.3% and above the 12-month average decline of 0.4%.