UK Retail Spending Rebounds to Near Pre-Lockdown Levels

A shopper wears a face mask in Old Bond Street, London, Britain, on July 18, 2020. Simon Dawson/Reuters

LONDON—British retail sales jumped back almost to pre-coronavirus lockdown levels in June when non-essential stores in England reopened, giving a boost to beleaguered clothing stores.

Sales volumes in June leapt by 13.9 percent from May, above all forecasts in a Reuters poll of economists.