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In britain has fallen by 3% this year. thats the biggest gap since records began two decades ago. also, with the latest inflation figures due out on wednesday, the gap could get even bigger. so lets put a human face on the bare statistics. this shopper in barnsley, in south yorkshire was delighted to get a wage rise of one pound an hour, but she soon found it didnt go as far as shed hoped. it rise up in april, £1 per hour, and now its not keeping up because everything went up lately. gas, elect...

Wherever youre watching from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, while the emergence of a new middle class of millions of consumers across asia and africa will change theyll change how companies operate this century. the american shopper for now, remains the most powerful on the planet. the most recent numbers from the world bank shows the american consumer spent a massive $14 trillion in 2020. thats nearly three times that of the chinese, who spen...

Sir salman rushdie, whos now on a ventilator, after being stabbed on stage in the us state of new york. more extreme heat is expected in the southern half of the uk over the next two days. that, as experts also warn englands drought could last into the next year. travel disruption after thousands of train drivers from nine rail companies go on strike across the uk today. its the latest walk—out in a row over pay and conditions. now on bbc news talking business with aaron heslehurst. hello, eve...

Shoppers across Hunt County and all of Texas can take advantage this weekend of a break from state and local sales taxes, during the annual sales tax holiday.

With the rising cost of production, Big consumer brands like Coca-Cola beverages, Dove shampoo, Huggies diapers and Big Macs have been raising prices and passing along those costs to shopper. However, consumers are continuing to buy even as inflation takes a toll on households

New phone or a great couch for the house, im not so sure. so it is those companies in the middle i think that are going to get squeezed. that is always the case when there is hard times. >> yeah, watching walmart, a great way to look at the typical shopper, the paycheck to paycheck consumer. and you can see they are making changes and i think that that is important to watch. and well hear from a lot of other companies this week, so well see if other retailers have the same issue. we heard from l...

It is really tough, in this age of inflation where were seeing prices at a 40-year high, nobody is really paying attention to what the net weight is. >> do you expect any blowback against the major brands? you mentioned doritos. if people feel like theyre not getting what theyre suppose to be getting, what theyre paying for? >> yes, but were seeing blowback in two different places. from a shopper is standpoint and also a supermarket standpoint. what supermarkets are doing is theyre going to manu...

Month those figures were printed, and theyre running up at about a 1% clip in this very, very same week that amazons two-day prime day sale saw overall figures surge to more than 8%. were seeing anecdotally too with back to school shopping -- i cant believe theyre talking back to school shopping, but they are -- and they expect sales there to rise 8-10%. so theres a disconnect between higher prices that you would think would sort of kill off the shopper, and yet indications that, well, theres a ...

Knowing how high food prices are, we wanted to know from shopper, does a 1% reduction register on your radar? here is what they said. >> it is a nice gesture but it will not make that much of a difference. it did not make much of a difference in my bill today. >> we appreciate all the help we can get. >> eventually it will work but it will go right back up. >> reporter: people told us getting any relief is welcomed and they will not turn it down, but 1% is 1%. the state of illinois also waving t...

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