UK consumers spent more on clothes as temperatures soared in July, data shows – Reuters

1. UK consumers spent more on clothes as temperatures soared in July, data shows  Reuters
2. Retail insolvencies surge as over 70,000 businesses show signs of financial distress  Cambridge Network
3. Oasis and the ‘lipstick effect’ raised spending in July  The Times
4. Retail sales boost of 2.5% ‘barely touching the sides’ of costs, sector warns  The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald
5. Higher food sales ‘barely touching the sides’ of extra labour costs  The Grocer

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