UK retail sales tumble 8.2% during January lockdown – business live

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UK retail sales fall more than expected despite 35% surge in online sales, as the public finances record the first January deficit in 10 years

Sales at non-food stores slumped 24.4% in January from December, the ONS said. Department stores and clothes shops have been worst hit, as people have been buying clothes either online or in supermarkets during lockdowns.

 

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Oh well. Never mind. They are just private companies that generally minimise tax liability and pay minimum wage and then run off with employees pension pots. Fuck em.

Does ' 🎼🎹🎤🏳️🏳️🏳️🏳️🏳️🏳️🏳️🏳️🏳️…….MONEY or PEACE make the world go around'?

As the comments above - this wins today's 'non-news' award

Erm.... they’re all closed, right?

Spain imposed a very strict lockdown and made masks mandatory (even outdoors). Despite this the number of Spanish cases rose sharply in October. Mandatory social distancing/mask wearing does not work. Boris's coronavirus restrictions are destroying the economy and our freedoms.

Not a surprise, right? It’s January…and it’s lockdown…

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