This was largely driven by more people visiting High Streets and retail parks. However, compared with 2019 levels, footfall was still down by about 30%." This suggests the continued rise of online shopping as many consumers may have started yesterday evening, and with Black Friday only a few weeks ago many will have grabbed their bargains back then," the company said.UK at risk of recession after economy shrinks UK tipped for speedier rate cut after inflation fall Separate data from Mastercard i

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High Street store takings sank by around a quarter amid the twin threats of Omicron and a soaking-or snow.... Bargain hunters also took their place outside Primark in Birmingham and Zara in Bristol. There were also crowds outside Selfridges, Boots, Primark, Disney and Zara in London's Oxford Street.... She said:" I am not really surprised by how many people are out because we have got to get on with it." There is always going to be another variant so what do we do?...

Pubs need England to progress to the knockout stages of Euro 2024 to give their takings a real uplift, a landlord preparing for the football tournament has told the Express. Brits will drink an estimated 300 million pints throughout the tournament, according to data from the British Beer and Pub Association( BBPA), filing bar tills to the tune of ￡1.4 billion. But landlord Scott Illman, who owns The Magpie and Crown in Brentford, West London, said England needed to go far in the tournament for b

Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday said he expects to see an uplift in consumer confidence because of the national team’s success at Euro 2020.... And the spending is set to reach a new level of fever pitch after Wednesday’s 2-1 semi-final win over Denmark at Wembley.... Consumer confidence has already returned to pre-crisis levels and things that make us feel good are good for the economy.“ Whether there is a bit of extra GDP at the end of it, so be it, that will be great....