Christmas was not so merry for retailers, ONS data shows

// Amount spent & quantity bought in final quarter fell 0.9% & 1.0% respectively compared with the previous 3 months, ONS says
// Compared to November, there was a 0.3% & 0.6% drop in amount spent & quantity bought respectively in December
// Year-on-year, both measures saw growth of 1.5% for the amount spent & 0.9% for the quantity boughtShoppers cut down on both how much they bought and the amount they spent at the end of last year, new figures show.
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