The sales rise was bigger than expected UK retail sales rose in October, ending two months of declines, official figures have shown.
Sales volumes last month were 0.5% higher than in September, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS), a bigger increase than had been expected by analysts.
However, the ONS now says sales declined by 0.5% in September, rather than its first estimate of a 0.2% fall.
Excluding volatile fuel prices, retail sales rose 0.3% in October.
Compared with the same month last year, overall retail sales in October were down 0.1%, following no change in September.
Food sales in October were 0.1% higher than the month before, while sales of fuel rose 2.5%.
Sales of clothing and footwear gained 0.6%, but household goods sales declined by the same amount.
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