UK retail sales increased in November despite the national lockdown, the British Retail Consortium reported Tuesday.
Like-for-like retail sales grew 7.7 percent on a yearly basis in November driven by food and grocery sales.
Helen Dickinson, chief executive at BRC, said the disparity between online and in-store non-food sales widened, with the highest online penetration rate since May.
"Despite the on-going unprecedented environment, UK retail fought hard during November to win growth on last year," Paul Martin, UK head of retail, KPMG, said.
"It was a tale of two channels however, as lockdown resulted in a dismal performance for high street retailers, whilst online sales rose by impressive double figures across most categories," Martin added.
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