The total value of like-for-like sales in the United Kingdom was up 1.8 percent on year in June, the British Retail Consortium said on Tuesday.
That topped forecasts for an increase of 0.5 percent following the flat reading in May.
Overall sales were up 2.9 percent on year, the BRC said.
“We saw welcome signs of growing consumer confidence, with people more willing to ‘trade-up’ and spend a bit more on big-ticket purchases, likely boosted by the growth in the supply of credit and other factors such as low inflation and rising real incomes,” BRC Director General Helen Dickinson said.
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