As per the official data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the retail sales in UK fell by 1.3 per cent in April. In comparison to the month of March, both the amount purchased and the amount of money spent witnessed a downfall by 1.3 per cent.

The biggest factor for the same was a delay in the amount of food purchased that reached its lowest level of monthly total for the time of 10 years.

The amount of good purchased hiked up by just 0.50 per cent on yearly basis. Sales volumes for the month of April were in the same month in year 2012 by 0.50 per cent. This was less than the expectations of any of the analysts.

ONS stated that the month was under a negative impact of bad weather with sales of barbeque food and garden equipments. The timings of the Easter in March have also created a major impact on many of the households buying lots of food in the end of the month of March for the Bank Holiday Weekend of four days.

The British Retail Consortium Director General, Helen Dickinson, said that these figures are much better than they appear. The month of April has not got equally benefitted as it was in year 2012. In comparison to the former year, the sales appear weak especially for the food that have its most awful ever performance.