Britain’s “Worst retail November in living memory” – wasn’t

UK shops’ sales growth in November was the fourth best in the past 20 years.

The Office of National Statistics reported 5% annual growth on December 20 – a growth rate among the highest on record.

But  over a week after the ONS announcement, even specialist media were still reporting  uncritically the uninformed gossip of a minor sportswear retailer.

Primark establishes new record for UK clothes retailing profit

With an opening programme in its last quarter that included its second New York City store, Primark set a new record of £843 millon ($1.14 billion) in profit for a UK clothing retailer.

Primark makes money because it doesn’t sell online – not despite it.

US physical retail keeps growing

America’s physical retail stores kept growing in Q3

While e-commerce still hasn’t reached even 10% of US retail sales