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By John Glenday-09 February 2021 00:01am Spending on non-essentials has slumped to 24.2% Consumer spending has suffered its largest drop since May 2020, slumping 16.3% in January due to a national lockdown that badly hit retail, hospitality and travel. On the bright side, data compiled by Barclaycard shows that spending on essential items such as groceries rose 3.9%, bolstered by a 17% rise in overall supermarket expenditure, with online supermarket spend surging 126.8% on the b...