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Consumer spending

August 2024

  • a woman dressed in red with a union flag umbrella checks her phone while passing a shop sign saying SALE

    Does strong economic growth so far in 2024 bode well for Rachel Reeves? Don’t count on it

  • Shoppers from Aldi supermarket loading their car boot with groceries

    Revealed: how UK’s poor paid price of ‘cheapflation’ in cost of living crisis

  • A JB Hi-Fi store in Melbourne

    Payback time for consumers as retailers focus on discounts amid cost-of-living battle

  • Van with workmen and ladders boarding up shop windows

    Riots contribute to 4.8% drop in footfall on UK high streets

  • Deliveroo’s push into grocery orders helps deliver ‘profit milestone’

  • Warm weather lifts UK retail sales in July but shoppers shun big purchases

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

    Consumer advocacy group hands gold medal to a thin and crispy chip – although the same brand’s shoestring fries are also the worst-ranked product
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