CBI Realized Sales

Ever lie awake at night, staring at the ceiling, your alarm mere hours from going off...and yet your mind is aflame with so much concern and speculation that you long ago lost any hope of falling asleep, a single thought repeating in your buzzing brain: "I wonder how the U.K. retail sector is doing..."

Well, rest easy. We have something to satiate your blazing curiosity: the CBI Realized Sales figure.

The monthly index tracks retail activity in the U.K. It's put out by the Confederation of British Industry, or CBI, and compares the percentage of retailers that saw a rise in sales during the period with those that said they experienced a drop.

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