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May’s retail sales figures are a slight disappointment after the ‘fireworks’ of April’s spending splurge, says Jonathan Sparks, CIO, UK and Channel Islands, Private Banking and Wealth Management at HSBC: The broader picture suggests that consumers released pent up demand for the high street in April but then moved on to socialising and eating out in May, as restaurant bookings surged and pubs re-opened.
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