Idatha ye-BRC iveza ukuthi ukusebenza kwehle ngaphansi kwesilinganiso sokukhula esimaphakathi sezinyanga ezintathu sika-2.3%.
Ukuthengiswa kwezitolo zase-UK kube nokwehla kokukhula ngo-December 2023, nokukhuphuka okuncane ngo-1.7% uma kuqhathaniswa nokukhula okuphawulekayo okungu-6.9% okubonwe ngenyanga efanayo yango-2022.
Imininingwane, ehlanganisa amasonto amahlanu ukusuka zingama-26 kuLwezi kuya zingama-30 kuZibandlela wezi-2023, ikhishwe yi-British Retail Consortium (BRC) futhi yembula ukuthi ukusebenza kwehle ngaphansi kwesilinganiso sokukhula sezinyanga ezintathu sesikhathi esingu-2.3%.
Ngo-2023, ukuthengiswa okuphelele kwezitolo e-UK kukhuphuke ngo-3.6% kusuka ngo-2022, ukuthengiswa kokudla kukhule ngo-8.1% kanye nokuthengiswa okungekhona ukudla kwehle kancane ngo-0.1%.
Ezinyangeni ezintathu ezingaphambi kukaDisemba, ukuthengiswa kokudla kukhuphuke ngo-6.8% ngokuphelele futhi kwaqhubeka nokukhula unyaka nonyaka phakathi nenyanga.
Kodwa ukuthengiswa okungekhona ukudla kwehle ngo-1.5% esikhathini esifanayo esiyizinyanga ezintathu, ukwehla okubukhali kunesilinganiso sezinyanga eziyi-12.
Ukuthengiswa okungezona ukudla kwasesitolo ngo-December nakho kwehle ngo-1.3% ngokuphelele uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2022, kungasebenzi kahle uma kuqhathaniswa nesilinganiso sokukhula esiyizinyanga eziyi-12 esingu-1.6%.
Ukuthengiswa okungekona kokudla ku-inthanethi kulandele inkambiso efanayo yokwehla, kwehle ngo-0.8% ngoDisemba. Lokhu bekunzima kakhulu kunokwehla ngo-3.0% ngoDisemba 2022.
Izinga lokungena ku-inthanethi lezinto ezingezona ukudla likhuphuke kancane, lafinyelela ku-36.8% ngoDisemba lisuka ku-36.2% ngenyanga efanayo yonyaka odlule.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seBritish Retail Consortium, uHelen Dickinson OBE, sithe: “Isikhathi samaholidi sihlulekile ukulungisa unyaka oyinselelo wokukhula kobuvila kokuthengiswa kwezitolo, njengoba ukuzethemba okuntekenteke kwabathengi kuqhubeke nokubamba ukusebenzisa imali.
“Ukuthengiswa kwangemva kukaKhisimusi akuphumelelanga ekuheheni ukusetshenziswa kwemali ezindaweni ezifana nefenisha nezinto zasendlini, imindeni ihlale iqaphile ngokuthenga izinto ezinkulu.
“Ukuthengisa kube nokusimama okuncane ngesonto elingaphambi kukakhisimusi njengoba abathengi bebelwela ukuthenga izipho ngomzuzu wokugcina, ikakhulukazi ku-inthanethi, ngenxa yesimo sezulu esimanzi. Ekunikeni izipho, imikhiqizo yobuhle ibihamba phambili futhi amathoyizi nemidlalo nayo ithengiswe kahle.
“U-2024 ubukeka ungomunye unyaka onenselelo kubathengisi namakhasimende abo, futhi ukusetshenziswa kwemali kuzoqhubeka nokukhinyabezwa yizindleko eziphezulu zokuphila.
"Lokhu kuzohlanganiswa nezinye izinkinga ezivelayo, njengokuphazamiseka kokuthunyelwa kwempahla esuka eMpumalanga Ekude ngoLwandle Olubomvu."
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