Retailers have failed to profit from a post-lockdown increase in UK excessive road exercise this yr after hovering power payments and the price of residing disaster compelled households to rein of their spending.
Regardless of a rise in face-to-face procuring after the lifting of Covid 19 restrictions, Barclaycard knowledge launched for the entire of 2022 confirmed retail spending fell 0.8% on the earlier yr.
The debit and bank card firm mentioned the variety of transactions was up this yr however the highest…