Surprise Sunshine Bonanza Brings April Fuel to Bottom Line for Retailers ; Trades Survey

Birmingham Post › May 02, 2007

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The sunny spring gave shopkeepers their biggest year-on-year sales boost last month since May, 2004, running down their stocks to a level seen as "barely adequate" to meet future demand.

Motor traders shared in this surprise bonanza, according to the CBI's distributive trades survey. But their success was confined to sales of parts and accessories where an overwhelming balance of 74 per cent said they were ahead of April last year.

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Surprise Sunshine Bonanza Brings April Fuel to Bottom Line for Retailers ; Trades Survey

Sales of vehicles were marginally down on an annual comparison, with an adverse balance of two ...

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