UK retailers expect sales volume to decline more markedly next month as consumers struggle to cope with the effects of the cost of living crisis, the Distributive Trades Survey results from the Confederation of British Industry showed on Tuesday.
A net 4 percent of retailers reported a fall in sales volume in July compared to -5 percent in June. This was the fourth consecutive month in which sales volumes have failed to grow.
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