UK retail clothing sales figures for September 2016 were lower than expected, possibly due to either price rises for imported clothing after the Brexit vote reducing high street sales, or unseasonably warm weather delaying purchases of winter coats. Official statistics from the Office for National Statistics showed clothing sales, adjusted for seasonal variations, were lower from 2010 to 2016.

1. UK economywatch: chart of the
week: 25th October 2016
EITHER…
price rises of imported clothing
due to Brexit is reducing high
street sales
OR…. unseasonably warm
September delays winter coat
purchases
From ONS Retail sales figures released 20 October 2016
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Clothing sales, seasonally adjusted 2010-16 (source: ONS)