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  "id": 6193136,
  "title": "UK retail sales growth slows to 4-month low in August, BRC says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/uk-retail-sales-growth-slows-to-4-month-low-in-august-brc-says",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-07T23:06:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/economic-indicators/uk-retail-sales-growth-slows-to-4month-low-in-august-brc-says-4890744"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The British Retail Consortium reported that UK retail sales growth slowed to a four-month low in August, with total sales increasing by just 0.7% annually, down from 1.3% in July. This decline was primarily due to the fading effects of record-hot weather, which had initially driven summer spending. While food sales continued to grow, averaging 2.6% in August, non-food sales fell by 0.8%, marking a significant slowdown compared to the previous year's average of 0.2%. Linda Ellett, head of consumer, retail, and leisure at KPMG, noted that shoppers were increasingly favoring cheaper health and beauty products over big-ticket items like furniture and household appliances.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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        "published": "2026-09-07T23:30:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/chinas-exports-expand-faster-in-august-underpin-economic-growth",
        "published": "2026-09-08T03:51:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}