Online spending splurge helps UK retail sales grow unexpectedly in July

LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - British retail sales edged up unexpectedly in July, helped by the strongest growth in online spending in three years, suggesting consumers continued to support the economy ahead of the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline. Monthly retail sales volumes rose 0.2%, the Office for National Statistics said on Thursday, compared with a median forecast for a 0.2% decline in a Reuters poll of economists and following a 0.9% surge in June.Compared with July 2018, sales were up by 3.3%,..