UK retailers suffer worst month since 2008 as COVID crisis hits - CBI

LONDON (Reuters) - British retailers suffered their biggest fall in sales since the 2008 financial crisis in the first half of April as the coronavirus kept shoppers at home and forced store closures, the Confederation of British Industry said on Tuesday.Together with official figures for March and an earlier survey from the British Retail Consortium, Tuesday's numbers showed the sector was on track for a historic decline, as an earlier boost from the stockpiling of food fades."The lockdown is..