{
  "id": 14831573,
  "title": "Soft September for retailers Stats NZ data shows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/soft-september-for-retailers-stats-nz-data-shows",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-16T00:26:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RNZ Business",
    "slug": "rnz-business",
    "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/1953102/soft-september-for-retailers-stats-nz-data-shows"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The latest electronic card sales data from Stats NZ shows spending in retail industries fell 0.4 percent, or $33 million, in September compared with the previous month.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}