A new report has found that people across the UK are stocking up on blankets and jumpers and buying air fryers ahead of the cold weather. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said that at the same time people are cutting back on other spending, as retail sales fell in September.
The BRC and consultancy KPMG said people have been avoiding buying items such as TVs and computers. Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), said the figures showed that people “shopped cautiously” over the month.
She said “This represented another month of falling sales volumes given high levels of inflation. As consumer confidence continued to fall, people shopped cautiously, avoiding large ticket items such as new computers, TVs and furniture.
