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Consumer spending

July 2024

  • Shoppers on Oxford Street in London shelter from the July rain

    Poor weather and cost of living crisis drive UK summer spending down

    Figures show weak consumer demand persisted in June and July as Bank of England ponders interest rate decision
  • Shoppers with umbrellas walking along a street lined with stores

    Observer business agenda
    Bank of England set to rain on hopes of interest rate cut after economic bounce

    This week’s Bank meeting is unlikely to bring borrowers any joy amid a strong recovery from 2023’s mild recession

    • Falling inflation, football and fake tan fuel UK retail spending

    • Retail sales dip in June as UK’s cooler weather and cost of living bite

    • We’ve reached peak tat. It’s time to turn all online shoppers like me into primeval ooze

      Emma Beddington

June 2024

  • A blurred, speeding London overground train hurtles towards the skyscrapers of the City of London, including the Gherkin, as the sun rises in the background

    Next PM likely to inherit improved economy after UK growth revised up

  • A man carrying bags in the Broadmead shopping area of Bristol

    Warmer weather and falling UK inflation lift retail sales

  • a shopper opens the chill fridge at Asda to grab some milk

    Britons cut back on spending despite fall in grocery inflation, says Kantar

  • An energy bill

    Falling UK inflation not leading to rise in spending, report finds

May 2024

  • A man biting into a carrotman eating a carrot in his kitchen at home

    Pass notes
    The problem with the nudge effect: it can make you buy more carrots – but it can’t make you eat them

  • ‘What is perhaps most shocking about this scandal is not that it happened, but that it happened in plain sight.’

    Corporations are forcing Americans to pay more for less – in their own words

    Matt Stoller
  • a shopper carries a basket of everyday grocery items, including fresh fruit, bread, and tinned food

    Three years of pain: how inflation drove the UK cost of living crisis

  • Shoppers with umbrellas in Gravesend, Kent

    Wet weather woes cause damp start to spring for retailers and restaurants

April 2024

  • A portion of chips in a paper dish.

    ‘Crispy and fluffy’: Choice names one brand as the best – and worst – supermarket frozen chips

  • A mannequin outside a shop with a badge on it reading 'sale £15'

    Littler India: why Britain’s south Asian garment stores are struggling

  • The frontage of the large Sainsburys superstore incorporating Argos, Habitat and Lloyd's pharmacy

    Sainsbury’s says sales revival in big-ticket items depends on base rate cut

  • Easter window display in Eton High Street

    UK retailers attract more Easter shoppers despite cost of living crisis

  • Australians’ spending softened in March after Taylor Swift concert splurge

  • ‘I run out of money each month’: the Americans borrowing to cover daily expenses

  • UK retailers given hope of ‘green shoots of recovery’ after Easter pickup

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