Tag Archives: Shrinkflation

The Cost-of-living Crisis and its impact on Retailers and their Customers

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Leigh Sparks

A few weeks ago, I posted a Q&A session I had done with The Conversation on the cost-of-living crisis. At the time I was working on a longer piece for the Economics Observatory. We wanted to wait for various data … Continue reading →

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Brexit isn’t Delivering

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Leigh Sparks

Neil Saunders provides a valuable service by culling newspapers on a daily basis for retail stories and putting them up on his twitter feed. This saves time for me and also provides a good snapshot of retail sentiment (He does … Continue reading →

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