Retailers have experienced their worst December since 1995, according to new figures.

The figures, from the British Retail Consortium, show that like-for-like sales from the highstreet and online in December were down 3.3% on a year ago, while total sales dropped by 1.4%.

However, supermarket Morrison’s has bucked the trend with the announcement that the chain plans to recruit 5,000 workers across its operations this year.