RETAIL TRADE IN BRITAIN
STEADY INCREASE IN PURCHAS= ING POWER (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, 26th March. February figures of retail trade again demonstrate the steady increase iu tlie nation’s purchasing power which has followed the trade revival. The money value of sales last month was 7.3 per cent, higher than in February, 1935. This follows rises of 10.8 per cent, in January and 9.1 per cent, in December. The total number of persons employed in retail establishments was 3.4 per .cent, greater* at the end of February, 1936, than a, year, earlier.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 30 March 1936, Page 6
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