Retail spending
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Shoppers spend more but buy less as inflation bites
Black Friday appeared to raise sales by 4.1%, but most of that was due to the higher cost of food
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Fall in retail spending steeper than expected
Spending fell by 1.4%, far sharper than the City’s consensus forecast of 0.3%
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Retail spending holds up in stormy weather
ONS figures show value of transactions at 98% of the year-ago level
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Sun stops shining on retail sales
The rise in sales seen through the summer has started to fade