High street stores see sales slump

Jan 21 2009

Scotland's high street stores have suffered their worst monthly fall in non-food sales since 1999, figures have revealed.

Overall sales in December were 0.8% higher than in December 2007, and total sales were up by 3.4%.

But when food sales were stripped out of the equation, sales were down 5.4% on a like-for-like basis.