{"id":790342,"date":"2026-07-29T00:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/790342\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T00:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:54:15","slug":"retail-rise-is-cause-for-optimism-but-confidence-is-fragile-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/790342\/","title":{"rendered":"Retail rise is cause for optimism but confidence is fragile &#8211; The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxNMWw5clFIaUJMRnR2R2p6TGVlSlp0S2xvcTluLUptWVpqYnhMSm0wNjFZN0hBVlFLQjVQdjRuOFI3dEZRajE5NTlMSVh2SngwV1ZCT25xRkxQMlk4UnI0aUJxYUJrRXBxaF9mVnRaaVltMVVzSmcyX3RWb2NkUHVrUWVGbDFxblRhdXhBR2h6VVVlcURJSXFnSERkenV5MDRkQUdJUFJJY0dSTnk2LVotOTFKYWhLY091R1NDLW5n?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Retail rise is cause for optimism but confidence is fragile<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxNOXMzak9nbFRPNDR6UmYtU1hxUjZXV0hKdEZHUXd3b21sTkFTWF82X0ZxZW5jTWdKYUJBb1F0OXFyeFJuNThDMU5PRHA5WXcyZWcwTjVFV2VVcklSMkIwZ0lROWZfcE52VHpsc1VVVUdMTWxnMnBzTXY5ZDFDd3pKZV9DSXNXS1hQZ0g1SEsxdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK retail sales get surprise boost from hot weather and World Cup<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxPbFQybjlpTmFHeHQtVGpxT0lXQy0yZ1VUdXJPbGdLOHh3am1wblZIT3ZsS1RoTkp0ak9zY21HZ3lyVklqLTRPaXJ4SjhjOGtBRlU0aTFJQThPQjZGcFZ6RlpfdlNXT3pxM1J6cVo4MU5VYnU4c0pBRlUxRnhieTJsWVBwdVJtLUNKcnM5cW1mOWdIQ0xZcHk3QnNYVUxqV0owdUdpbU0yWkp5blRYUTBvUVpYOW8yQXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Record heat sends online retail sales to five-year high in Great Britain<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxPSkhUaXUzalBycnpwdDd6eFhnN0JMMlU1ekVCNGRFTm1wa1VGcHI2Uk1BT1JVT1RZRW5WLVE1OWFackQtNEJqQ0FwaTlCRDgzbGVzeFdDOU9Lc2FKUjBnU3gwXzJYV3NFSFhOOE80YjIycEsyWW5jOGo3cU1wSHNpY0ZpQ2ZGczVRSUtsLUdPQUhGMlhmSjBIdjZlUGtKZzBzSFk3YmRzRjJVUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Furniture retail sales rise in June to highest level since 2023; flooring up<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Big Furniture Group<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxNV0VQbHdpXzJaV0lpeVJMbEYwMXpFS3UwX0E2TnVJdEFVQUJjTERNWk5sUWJ5VVF6U00yeHZ0QzVPamNBVUZpUnpHNVlSdVVqOHAzQ0YwY0xnT0ZNcmdMUFZmMTBrQWFkS3N1UnBBLVVUWFM2RXRmckdvc01lT1h2THF0N2h0MTJac240SHpoMTlZUUZPMGhMX09tZHFXZTV0ZkR3Z3JvSWNiM29fZjd0UTlxSnJMd3huOW1aZy1MMzVYeWRwcVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Great Britain retail sales volumes rise 0.6% in Q2<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fibre2Fashion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Retail rise is cause for optimism but confidence is fragile&nbsp;&nbsp;The TimesUK retail sales get surprise boost from hot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":790343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-790342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}