--UK Jul retail sales volume up 0.6% on month; up 6.0% on yr
--UK May-Jul retail sales volume up 1.5% on qtr; up 6.0% on yr
--UK July retail sales growth in line with expectations
--UK May-July retail sales value up unadjusted 7.1% on year
--UK Jun monthly retail sales volume unrevised at 0.0%
--UK Jun annual retail sales volume unrevised at 5.6%
--UK Jun retail sales value unrevised at 6.9%
--UK July retail sales deflator up 0.5% on year
--UK July mainly foodstore sales up 0.1% on mo, up 4.3% on year
--UK July mainly non-foodstore sales up 0.4% on mo, +7.4% on year
--ONS: UK Jul retail sales value growth mainly due to food sector
--ONS: UK Jul retail sales volume growth mainly due to non-food
--UK July retail sales value up unadjusted 6.4% on year
--ONS: Yrly rise in textiles, clothes, footwear highest on record

London, Aug 16 (BridgeNews) - U.K. retail sales growth picked up again in July after a flat monthly performance in June, with sales volumes rising 0.6% on the month and 6.0% on the year, the Office for National Statistics said Thursday. This growth was in line with analysts' expectations. The main driver of the volume growth was non-food sector sales, most notably in textile, clothing and footwear stores, the ONS said.
Sales in textile, clothing and footwear stores rose 1.3% on the month and 11.8% on the year. The yearly rise was the highest since records began in 1986.
Retail sales values also climbed, rising an unadjusted 6.4% on the year, below the 6.9% yearly growth recorded in June. The value growth came about largely as a result of food sales.