Retail flooring inflation dropped in February but is still near its highest level in the past year.
Both carpets and rugs and other flooring saw a slowdown in price rises, seeing the overall rate drop from 12.2% to 10.4% (the third highest rate in the past year), according to ONS.
Carpets and rugs saw price increases slow from 12.1% to 11.4%.
Other flooring saw increases plummet from 17.3% to 7.8%.
