High street: like-for-like sales growth in the UK 2017-2018

The data describes the percentage growth in like-for-like sales in high street stores in the UK from January 2017 to July 2018. Over the time period observed, the largest decline in like-for-like high street sales was seen in March 2018, when sales fell by 10.1 percent, compared to a flat base in the same month the previous year. Only six months in the period saw a rise in high street sales on a like-for-like basis, with the largest increase being in September 2017, at 2.9%.