Scottish perform better then rest of UK on sales

Scottish retail sales continued to grow into the third quarter of 2010, better then the rest of the UK over the year, according to official government figures.

The figures show that Scottish retail sales volumes increases by 0.6% in Q3, and by 2.9% over the year.

Total UK sales volumes by contrast, increases 1.2% over Q3, but only 2.4% in total over 2010. 

Retail sales values followed the same trend, with Scottish figures increasing 1.1% over Q3 and 4.2% over the year, while the UK’s grows 1.2% over Q3 and 3.1% over 2010. 

However, as recently as October 20, the Scottish Retail Consortium reported that furniture and homewares sales fell below year-earlier levels, with big-ticket items hardest hit.