The Sunday Independent

UK

UK RETAILERS are facing a double whammy of sliding sales and global supply crunch, making it tough for stores to obtain goods for the Christmas shopping season, data showed on Friday.

Retail sales dropped 0.9% last month from July, with the grocery sector hit by people returning to restaurants and pubs after the lifting of virus curbs, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.

A significant number of retailers are additionally unable to source enough products because of the supply crunch caused in large part by a shortage of truck drivers owing to Covid-19 and the Brexit fallout.

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