The impact of #inflation in one chart:

the gap between the rising costs of #retails sales & the falling volume of good purchased is:

the #Costoflivingcrisis...

The current (further) dip is being blamed on the wet weather by analysts but the bigger picture is that the #Tories & their handmaidens at the BoE are disciplining #workers for having the audacity to try an maintaining their standard of living.... at a time when it is seen as important that companies 'maintain' their profitability!

Dezeen : FOG Architecture transforms Beijing courtyard house into fragrance store https://www.dezeen.com/2023/02/03/fog-architecture-beijing-tosummers-flagship-store/ #FOGArchitecture #Courtyards #Interiors #Beijing #retails #Retail #timber #China #Shops #all