UK shoppers still wary about spending in January - BRC
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britons kept a tight grip on their spending last month last month, a survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting that shoppers have not felt the jump in confidence reported by many companies since December's election broke the Brexit logjam.Total retail spending edged up by an annual 0.4% in January, the British Retail Consortium said.The average increase over the past 12 months was just 0.2%, the lowest since BRC's records began in 1995, while like-for-like retail sales in January,..