consultant kate hardcastle. how confident are british consumers feeling? i think what has happened is very interesting, a mix of micro trends going on that can sometimes warp the picture. what we heard last month that actually supermarket sales were resilient was because we have seen actually people are buying it at home, preparing the food while going out, and that has impacted the hospitality industry. when you look at services like hairdressing and dry cleaners, a struggle because consumers have strong using a lot of their services and trying to do treatments at home, just for things like dry cleaning. what we have are these very interesting smaller trends coming through to presentjust how trends coming through to present just how swimmers trends coming through to presentjust how swimmers are concerned. it has not been a case that they have cut everything, but they are modifying and changing and leaning into new trends coming
British consumers continued to shop as normal last month, despite the highest inflation rate in 40 years, with the Office for National Statistics reporting a 1.4 percent monthly jump in retail sales