Boost for shoppers; Inbrief.SHOPPERS look likely to get a boost in the run-up to Christmas as the cost of non-food products fell for the 10th consecutive month, retailers said today. The cost of items such as clothes, electrical goods and furniture was deflationary de·fla·tion n. 1. The act of deflating or the condition of being deflated. 2. A persistent decrease in the level of consumer prices or a persistent increase in the purchasing power of money because of a reduction in available again last month, the British Retail Consortium The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. (BRC BRC Black Rock City (Burning Man) BRC British Retail Consortium BRC Business Resource Center (Small Business Administration) BRC Bisexual Resource Center BRC Black Radical Congress ) said. And in September, shop prices were lower than the same period last year for the second month in a row. Meanwhile supermarket group Sainsbury's today posted a 5.4% rise in second quarter sales as it kept up the pressure on market leader Tesco. The firm said it performed well in "what remains a challenging consumer environment" but warned growth would slow in the future as inflation eases. Sainsbury's said it now makes over 18.5 million transactions a week, up 800,000 year-on-year. |
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