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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Josie Clarke

Early Easter adds to woe of retailers suffering from low consumer confidence

Shoppers in a supermarket (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Archive)

Retailers have suffered a disappointing April as an early Easter compounded stumbling consumer confidence because of the Middle East crisis, figures show.

Total UK retail sales were down 3% year on year, well below the 12-month average growth of 1.8%, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG.

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