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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/City-7-11.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-371" title="High food prices lift retail growth" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/City-7-11.jpg" alt="High food prices lift retail growth" width="200" height="200" /></a></p>
<p>Retail sales growth picked up last month thanks to sharp increases in food prices, but consumer caution continues to hamper the high street, according to a new report.</p>
<p>The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said like-for-like sales rose 0.8% by value in October &#8211; up from 0.5% in September.</p>
<p>However, the increase was largely driven by higher food price inflation and non-food sales failed to make headway over the month.</p>
<p>Clothing sales fell for the first time in almost a year, with shoppers wary of committing to large purchases, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.</p>
<p>This lack of consumer confidence also continued to hit sales of &#8220;big ticket&#8221; items, while even fast-growing mail order and internet sales growth pulled back after a strong September, up 12.8% last month.</p>
<p>The BRC said there was some optimism for Christmas as sales began to improve during the second half of October.</p>
<p>Helen Dickinson, head of retail for KPMG, said: &#8220;Most retailers are not expecting a record-breaking Christmas this year but will be hoping that demand picks up a bit over the coming weeks and are quietly hopeful that this may be the case given that the second half of October was stronger than the first.</p>
<p>&#8220;A level of clarity following the Spending Review combined with the growing Halloween spend contributed to this.&#8221;</p>
<p>A separate report from Deloitte predicted Britons would not cut back on their spending for the festive season, forecasting a 1% rise in the value of retail sales.</p>
<p>This would take the value of sales in December to more than £37 billion in what would be a resilient performance for the retail sector, according to Deloitte.</p>
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