Evening Standard: "High Street fears mount as sales fail to rebound"

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"Fears that consumers are reining in their spending ahead of Christmas were fuelled today after it emerged that sales volumes failed to rebound last month.

"A predicted return to growth did not materialise, with official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealing flat sales volumes between October and November.

"It comes after a much-worse-than-expected drop in October when retail sales volumes fell 0.8% month on month."