 The UK British Retail Consortium sales data for December 2022 BRC Like-for-Like Sales 6.5 yy, prior was 4.1BRC total sales 6.9 yy, prior 4.2Data also from Barclays, their December consumer spending measure spending on its credit and debit cards is 4.4 yy -Analysts note that both of these sets of data show spending rising slower than the UK inflation rate. From the Barclays report: Pubs, bars and clubs benefited... 