'Significant price pressures' ahead as retail faces £7bn of additional costs

‘End of falling inflation’

Sorin Dojan
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British Retail Consortium CEO Helen Dickinson has warned of higher prices ahead as the retail industry will have to grapple with £7bn in additional costs following Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget.

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