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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Mark Banham

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: High street sales squeezed as consumers avoid big ticket items | History Defined

The ‘Jubilee Jump’ for retail last month may not have been quite what was expected (Philip Toscano/PA)

(Picture: PA Wire)

The ‘Jubilee Jump’ of consumers flocking to the high street looks likely to have been trampled underfoot by rail strikes during June.

Sales margins were also patchy as the public turned to value brands in the face of the cost of living crisis.

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