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 70^th percentile of its range. Sales are in the 52^nd percentile. Sales for the time of year are in the 44^th percentile. The stock-to-sales ratio is a touch high in the 60^th 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.