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Heatwave and World Cup hit high street sales as shoppers divert spend

Retail Gazette 03 July 2026 19m ago
Heatwave and World Cup hit high street sales as shoppers divert spend
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High street sales barely grew in June as the heatwave and the World Cup weighed on discretionary retail spending, according to new figures from BDO. The firm’s latest High Street Sales Tracker found total like-for-like sales across discretionary categories rose just 0.6 per cent compared with June last year. BDO said the figure was substantially...
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