The further strengthening of the CBI Distributive Trades Survey in September provides reassurance that August’s drop in the official measure of retail sales was just a blip. For now, rising consumer confidence and employment seem to be offsetting the adverse impact of further falls in consumers’ real pay on retail spending.
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