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MNI: UK DATA: Preview - UK Retail Sales Seen to Pull Back in Apr
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--UK Retail Sales including fuel Y/Y, Bbg consensus 4.5%, MNI Median 4.3% vs Mar
6.7%.
--UK Retail Sales including fuel M/M, Bbg consensus -0.3%, MNI Median -0.8% vs
Mar 1.1%.
--Surveys, in contrast, are less optimistic about the retail industry in recent
months.
--VISA spending survey point to slower sales in April.
--Increase in sales in the BRC-KPMG survey, distorted by Easter timing.
--Consumers spending more on Food while Health and Apparels expenditure on a
decline.
--Online sales seen maintaining upward trend, high street spending under
pressure.

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