UK consumers set to refrain from big Christmas buys, survey says

Households in the United Kingdom are hesitant to spend much on big-ticket purchases in the run-up to Christmas. This is according to a study...
2 days ago
from: WION

Christmas, Consumer, Consumer confidence index, Economics, GfK, United Kingdom

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