Data: Prices soar in April driven by furniture, electricals and books
Shop prices have reached record highs across all categories as cost pressures from the war in Ukraine and Shanghai’s lockdown mount.
The rate of shop price inflation was 2.7% in April, up from 2.1% reported in March, according to the latest BRC-Nielsen shop price index, marking the highest rate of inflation since September 2011.
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