15-07-2020 09:20 via retailgazette.co.uk

More expensive fashion & video game prices drives inflation higher

// Inflation increased to 0.6% in June, from 0.5% in May, according to the ONS
// Higher video game prices and lack of summer sales for fashion drove the inflation increaseUK inflation bounced higher in June on the back of clothes and video game price rises as the coronavirus crisis halted normal summer discounting patterns.
The ONS said the rate of Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation increased to 0.6 per cent for the month, from 0.5 per cent in May.
A consensus of economists had predicted that
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