In non-food sales,
cheap ugg boots clearance sale,clothing and footwear rebounded from a slump in October to rise 2.3% in November from a year earlier. Department stores, however, saw their sales fall by 0.9% which the ONS said "continues a recent pattern of slowdown in this sector".
Alex Marsh, managing director of Close Brothers Retail Finance, said: "The final run up to Christmas may prove more difficult than usual for retailers as they battle low consumer confidence amid increasing inflation and a squeeze on wages."
Black Friday is an import from the US, where it takes place on the day after Thanksgiving and is regarded as the start of the Christmas shopping period.
Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics,
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Mr Tombs said Black Friday meant the strength in November retail sales "merely reflected people bringing forward purchases that they otherwise would have made in December or January to November, due to the discounts available".