High inflation effectively erased any real increase in retail sales last month, but Scots sprucing up their homes and gardens in time for summer helped push the number into positive territory.In April sales north of the border were 9.1% higher than the same month last year, the Scottish Retail Consortium said on Wednesday, but when inflation was taken into account the figure slumped to a 0.3% year-on-year increase.
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