Data: Rising shop prices pose threat to Christmas season
While shop prices fell in October, supply chain issues are putting cost pressures on key items in the lead up to Christmas.
The rate of shop price deflation was 0.4% in October compared with a decrease of 0.5% in September, according to the latest BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index.
This was the slowest rate of decline since January 2020.
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