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business stories. i'm sally bundock. we start here in the uk, and what else but the coronation of his majesty king charles? as we've been hearing, it's been an historic weekend, from the pomp and pageantry and a bit of rain on saturday to a day of street parties and a night of fantastic music to round off the celebrations. all driving some serious weekend spending, predicted by retailers to be worth something in the region of almost £1.8 billion. but as many continue to struggle with the current high cost of living, how long can the spending optimism last? katrina bishop is from con...

Seeing from our data is that they do allow for these celebrations, so they will spend a little bit less before, a little bit less afterwards but they will indulge in their treats and add the extra product during the weekly celebration. —— week of celebration. and if i can put that in context, lusty public to believe in terms of food and drink retail, we saw £2.7 billion go through the major retailers. that was a10% increase on the average up until that point but then we saw sales dip back and we expect to see that trend after this weekend ——if i can put that in context, last year's ju...