Fewer Britons visit shops after EU referendum - BRC

Retail footfall across Britain was 2.8 percent lower than a year earlier in the five weeks from May 29 to July 2. This was the sharpest decline since February 2014 and down from a 0.3 percent increase in May, a survey from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) showed on Monday. "The results are shaped by a political and economic storm against a backdrop of rain downpours and generally inclement weather throughout the whole month," said Diane Wehrle, marketing director at Springboard, a retail data