joining me now is catherine shuttleworth, ceo and retail analyst at savvy marketing.rine, lovely to have you with us. so, just break down the figures and the sectors. what is all this telling us? the complicated figures, because the way these figures are calculated needs to be adjusted. to you and me and people on the street, what we want to know is, did we spend more in december this year than we did last year? and actually, in cash terms, retail has tapped more money because a black friday happened in december, not in november, like it did last year. 0verall, look at the retail figures, it did last year. 0verall, look at the retailfigures, this december versus last december, sales were up about 6%. at this is about the seasonal adjustment and i think what it reflects is, people are being very cautious about when they buy, they are buying on the oak and that is why we are seeing things like clothing going up in december, because of black friday and the discounts available. people spread their food shop out, where there were deals at the beginning of the christmas sea

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