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Christmas shoppers were cautious but still found ways to indulge

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Christmas 2025 was a season of contrasts for retailers as many shoppers found ways to indulge, despite the period being marked by cautious spending, says a new report from the IGD. Its latest ShopperVista report, Unwrapping Christmas 2025, finds that confidence rallied from November to…

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