{
  "id": 1876054,
  "title": "Retailers on the ropes as consumers all but close their wallets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/retailers-on-the-ropes-as-consumers-all-but-close-their-wallets-1876054",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T05:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/retailers-on-the-ropes-as-consumers-all-but-close-their-wallets-20260819-p60ppb.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The shareholder jury has spoken: the discretionary retail sector is in an unambiguous slump.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Retailers on the ropes as consumers all but close their wallets",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/retailers-on-the-ropes-as-consumers-all-but-close-their-wallets",
        "published": "2026-08-19T05:50:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}