BRC Retail Sales Monitor (Dec.)

The latest BRC retail sales figures suggest that December was a reasonable, but hardly spectacular, end to a strong year for high-street spending. It appears that consumers did not exhaust their Christmas shopping list off the back of “Black Friday” offers. But with intense competition on the high street forcing firms into aggressive discounting in December, retailers’ margins will have taken a hit.

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