Overall shop prices reported annual deflation for the fifth consecutive month in September, slowing to 0.2% from the 0.5% decline reported in August. Food inflation rose to 2.9% in September from 2.5% in August. Non-food reported annual deflation of 2.0% in September from 2.3% in August. Helen Dickinson, British Retail Consortium Director General, said: "For the fifth month in a row our data shows that prices in the shops fell last month. Deflation in September was driven by non-food items and in fact, we've only seen one month since January 2012 which has been inflationary for ... (Read the full story)
