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Despite the inflationary squeeze on households, retail sales across Great Britain have risen over the summer.
The heatwave, a pick-up in web shopping, and the joys (and pain and disappointment!) of the men’s football World Cup, helped to lift spending over the three months to August, new data shows.
“Retail sales increased in the latest three months, with a particularly strong June for online outlets helping to..
source: The Guardian - 18.09.2026