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Scottish retail sales lag behind rest of Great Britain

SCOTTISH retail sales volumes grew by 0.7% in the fourth quarter of last year, trailing a 0.9% advance in this period in Great Britain as a whole, official data have revealed.

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Ian McConnell

The seasonally-adjusted rise in sales in Scotland in the final three months of 2011 followed a 0.2% drop in volumes north of the Border in the third quarter.

The official data follow a run of figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium industry body signalling sales have been weaker north of the Border than UK-wide for many months.