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LONDON, Sept 20: Retail sales in Britain rose strongly in August, helped by strong sales of food, official data showed on Thursday. Retail sales rose by 0.6 per cent in August from July, when they had advanced by 0.7 per cent, the Office for National Statistics said.
The growth came mostly in sales of food, which rose by 1.3 per cent in August, the biggest gain since June 2006.—AFP
