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Coronavirus: UK retail sales crash in April as lockdown hits shops
British retail sales fell by a record 18.1% in April as many stores were closed amid the coronavirus outbreak. The drop in April worsened from a fall of 5.2% in March, when the government first introduced lockdown measures. Clothing sales plummeted by 50.2% as many High Street shops were shut, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Online shopping as a proportion of all retail reached a record high of 30.7%, the ONS said. All types of shop, other than those selling clothing or household goods, saw record amounts being spent with them online.