U.K. retail sales plunged in May for the second time in three months as rising inflation ate into the purchasing power of consumers.
The volume of goods sold in stores and online fell 1.2 percent from April, more than the 0.8 percent decline forecast in a Bloomberg survey. Sales excluding auto fuel
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