Prices will be higher in 2025 as Christmas trading fails to meet expectations

Busy high street at Christmas time

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Shop prices will increase during the course of 2025 after the key festive trading period failed to meet expectations, according to the British Retail Consortium.

The latest BRC-NielsenIQ Shop Price Index reveals that the shop price deflation was 1% in December, up from 0.6% in the previous month.

 

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