UK shoppers rein in spending to cap grim 2019 for retailers - BRC
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LONDON (Reuters) - British shoppers cut back on spending in late 2019, rounding off the worst year since at least the mid-1990s for retail sales as measured by an industry group which blamed uncertainty about Brexit and last month's election for the slump.However, another survey suggested Britons turned more confident after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's emphatic election victory on Dec. 12.Total retail spending fell by an annual 0.9% in November and December combined, the British Retail..