Economics
U.K. Retail Sales See Worst Year on Record in 2019, Data Show
- Black Friday overtakes Christmas as biggest shopping week
- Political uncertainty weighed on demand, report says
Market Street, Manchester, U.K., on Dec. 26.
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Retail sales in Britain posted their worst year on record in 2019, as Black Friday overtook Christmas as the biggest shopping week of the year and political uncertainty weighed on confidence, the British Retail Consortium said.