Retail sales in Scotland have returned to pre-pandemic levels for the first time since the Covid crisis began, a study has revealed.
The regular Scottish retail sales monitor found that overall sales in Scotland last month were up by 0.6% when compared with March 2019 – with like-for-like sales up by 0.7% when compared with three years ago.
But while retail chiefs said sales figures for March had “sparkled”, they warned the sector still faced “economic storm clouds”, with rising inflation likely to have “significant implications”.
