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And online spend in home improvement and DIY increased by 26.5% — accounting for 86.1% of purchases. Fashion was nowhere to be seen in the report.Meanwhile, in a separate report purely focused on retail spending, the British Retail Consortium and KPMG said retail sales fell almost a fifth with a plunge of 19.1%.With nearly 10 million Britons either on furlough or having lost their jobs, consumers were cautious about what they spent. The fall was the biggest since BRC records began in 1995, although the proportion of goods bought online understandably increased.While there have been reports that loungewear, kidswear and activewear has proved popular, the big spikes were seen outside of the fashion arena. Consumers were buying games consoles, bicycles, office equipment, and haberdashery (the latter as they turned to activities such as sewing and knitting, with many people working on home-made protective masks).The purchase of non-food items in stores fell by 36% overall, with fashion likely to have made up a big chunk of that figure.