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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Josie Clarke

Retailers suffer disappointing December amid cost-of-living woes

Shoppers on New Street in Birmingham get in some last-minute Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve (Jacob King/PA) - (PA Wire)

Retailers suffered a disappointing December as rising bills and food costs kept shoppers at home, figures show.

Total UK footfall was down 2.9% over the month year on year, according to data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Sensormatic.

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