"Tech stores reported a notable rise in sales, which offset weaker performance in supermarkets due to bad weather and cautious consumer spending on luxury items."
"While consumers remain cost-conscious, budgets are somewhat less strained than they were a year ago," Brookes noted, though she warned that uncertainty ahead of the autumn budget could impact consumer confidence.
"Consumers were still holding back on big-ticket purchases, while sales of smaller non-essential items helped to prop up sales values," Vernon-Harcourt pointed out.
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