Electric goods give surprise lift to retail sales

LONDON (Reuters) - Retail sales grew more than expected in September after a surprise rise in sales of laptops and video games, the Office for National Statistics said on Thursday, in a rare piece of good news from the embattled sector.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/196b898f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Electric+goods+give+surprise+lift+to+retail+sales&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F20%2Fuk-britain-retail-idUKTRE79J1FP20111020%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Electric+goods+give+surprise+lift+to+retail+sales&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F20%2Fuk-britain-retail-idUKTRE79J1FP20111020%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/115975145204/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/196b898f/kg/294/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/115975145204/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/196b898f/kg/294/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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