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UK Consumer Spending Hit Again As Lockdown Goes On: Barclaycard

British consumers cut back heavily on spending as they spent a second month in a COVID-19 lockdown in February but confidence in the economy hit a 12-month...

UK Grocery Sales Up 15.1% In Past Month As New Lockdown Measures Bite: Kantar

Take-home grocery sales in the UK were up 12.5% in the 12 weeks to 21 February, and by 15.1% in the past month, as hospitality businesses were shuttered du...

German Retail Sales Tumble In January As Lockdown Bites

German retail sales tumbled more than expected in January as the COVID-19 lockdown and the withdrawal of a temporary cut in sales tax hit consumer spending...

UK Shopper Numbers Rise For Sixth Straight Week: Springboard

The number of people heading out to shops across Britain climbed 11% last week from a week earlier, in a sixth week of gains despite a national lockdown, m...

UK's Primark Owner Warns Of £1.1bn Lockdown Hit To Sales

Associated British Foods warned on Thursday it expected to lose sales worth £1.1 billion ($1.6 billion) from the lockdown of its stores at fast-fashi...

UK Shopper Numbers Rise For Fifth Straight Week Despite Lockdown

The number of people heading out to shops across Britain increased by 6.8% last week versus the previous week, a fifth straight week of uplift despite the...

UK Shoppers Return Despite Lockdown And 'Beast From The East'

The number of people heading out to shops across Britain increased by 1.5% last week from the previous week, a fourth straight week of rises, indicating th...

Lockdown Further Lowers German Consumer Sentiment, GfK Survey Shows

German consumer morale fell a fourth month in a row heading into February, as extending a stricter lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic kept people...