Half-price Christmas! 大当り or 取引 hunters as struggling major retailers 開始する，打ち上げる 大規模な sales
- Some 最高の，を越す high-street shops are 申し込む／申し出ing up to 50% sales before Christmas
Major 蓄える／店s are 開始するing half-price sales in a desperate 企て，努力，提案 to 転換 their unsold 在庫／株 before Christmas.
With takings 落ちるing short of 予測（する）s, retailers are trying to 誘惑する 取引 hunters with 抱擁する 割引s.
分析家s 非難する the cost of living squeeze for knocking a 予報するd £3billion off festive spending this year.
And an Office for 国家の 統計（学） 熟考する／考慮する 設立する that almost half of families are trying to make ends 会合，会う by splashing out いっそう少なく cash on 現在のs and food.
House of Fraser, Flannels and Sports Direct are already 申し込む／申し出ing 削減s of at least 50 per cent. John 吊りくさび is 促進するing half-price gifts and fashion and there are 類似の 削減s at Argos, Boots and Debenhams. Their high street 競争相手s are 推定する／予想するd to follow 控訴 quickly.
A general 見解（をとる） of the House of Fraser on Oxford Street, with Christmas decorations. Undated
とじ込み／提出する image shows a shopper walking past 蓄える／店s on Oxford Street, London, December 2021
The PwC consultancy believes spending on 現在のs and festivities will 減少（する） from £23billion to £20billion ? an 年次の 落ちる of 13 per cent. The 推定する／予想するd 支出 is £400 a 長，率いる, which is £40 いっそう少なく than last year.
PwC 広報担当者 Lisa Hooker said some chains will enter the run-up to Christmas wit h fuller 倉庫／問屋s than hoped.
'There could be deeper 割引s as retailers （疑いを）晴らす seasonal 在庫／株,' she 追加するd. 'This will be 特に true in 部類s such as big-ticket, home, DIY, 電気のs, and toys, which 消費者s told us were いっそう少なく important to them this Christmas than in previous years.'
Paul ツバメ of accountants KPMG 予報するd more 取引s: 'Price remains the main 購入（する）ing driver, so we are likely to see a 長引かせるd and 井戸／弁護士席-的d period of 割引ing as retailers compete hard for a 縮むing pool of spend and will need to （疑いを）晴らす 在庫／株.'
The authors of the ONS 熟考する／考慮する said: 'Around three in ten adults 報告（する）／憶測d 存在 worried about 存在 able to afford the things they planned to do this Christmas period. Around nine in ten adults 報告（する）／憶測d they were going to 会合，会う up with friends and family during the Christmas period.
'Other 計画（する）s 含むd going to a place of worship or a carol concert (20 per cent), 寄付するing to a food bank (18 per cent), 寄付するing 現在のs to a gift 控訴，上告 (15 per cent) and volunteering their time with groups, clubs or organisations (8 per cent).'
によれば the Bank of England, a typical 世帯 spends about £2,500 a month but this 増加するs by £740 in December. Shoppers spend an 普通の／平均（する） of 16 per cent more on food, 38 per cent more on alcohol and other drinks and 100 per cent more on 調書をとる／予約するs.
The British 小売 国際借款団／連合 said that 仲買人s were hoping for a last-minute dash to the shops.
A 広報担当者 追加するd: 'The cost of living 危機 will 自然に 衝撃 消費者 spending 決定／判定勝ち（する）s in the run-up to Christmas, as people will have to take steps to make their 続けざまに猛撃するs stretch as far as possible without sacrificing their enjoyment of the festive season.
'消費者s may 選ぶ to '貿易（する） 負かす／撃墜する' in the 製品s they buy ? from cheaper brands, to fr ozen vegetables.
'But, given Christmas spending has had a slow start, we may 井戸／弁護士席 see a glut of spending ? and therefore strong growth ? in the final month of the year.'
