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The UK retail sector is stuck more or less mid range. Various components
are generally at or above the mid point of their respective ranges.
Orders, the relative strongest component, resides in the 70th
percentile of its range. Sales are in the 52nd percentile.
Sales for the time of year are in the 44th percentile. The
stock-to-sales ratio is a touch high in the 60th percentile
of its range. The various expected sales and orders are generally in the
same relative positions. See the table below.
The chart on the left shows that while variables remain mid range
there has been some slippage recently in the trend for sales, while
orders trends have held a bit firmer.
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