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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Business
Hannah Finch

From pawnbrokers to the sale rail: How shopping habits reveal the state of the economy

The effect of the cost of living crisis is being revealed in our shopping habits with consumers looking for value-for-money and items with a longer shelf life.

With rising inflation leading to what is for many a real-term cut in their salary, shoppers are thinking twice about what they spend their money on and how they can save cash.

With the escalating Russian hostilities in Ukraine leading to energy price rises, the spectre of winter blackouts and economic uncertainty since the Chancellor's mini Budget, there isn't much to look forward to in economic terms.

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