Retail sales fall as prices rise

LONDON (Reuters) - Retail sales fell in August and prices rose at their fastest annual rate in three years, in a further sign of the pressures consumers face from high inflation, low wage growth and worries about the sluggish economic recovery.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/1860cf71/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=Retail+sales+fall+as+prices+rise&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F15%2Fuk-retail-sales-idUKTRE78E1EH20110915%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=Retail+sales+fall+as+prices+rise&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F15%2Fuk-retail-sales-idUKTRE78E1EH20110915%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> [More]

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