Good weather usually means sunnier times for retail, and firms will hope that the summer months can play a small part in stimulating waning confidence among a general public coping with the harsh realities of rising prices everywhere they turn. In reality, each day brings fresh warnings from business leaders that prices will likely continue to climb, driving consumer confidence in the wrong direction for retailers.
A crisis fuelled by the media Covid hysteria and sympathy for Ukrainian racists. Time to wave the Eastern Europeans taking our houses and jobs goodbye and force employers to pay more.