Laut Einzelhandelsbranche ist das Verbrauchervertrauen im Vereinigten Königreich während des Iran-Krieges „zusammengebrochen“ | Einzelhandel
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/26/uk-consumer-confidence-has-collapsed-iran-war-retail-industry-energy-prices-inflation
Von JackStrawWitchita
13 Kommentare
UK consumer confidence has “collapsed” due to nearly twenty years of economic recession and power-hungry scum fighting over the scraps instead of fixing the problems they caused. The Iran / Trump war is just the latest example of it.
Confidence was finally increasing and then the orange fascist launched his latest masterplan of becoming richer at the expense of others.
How about you stop selling out to shitty corporations and I might actually go to the retailers and buy your products – I’m looking at you, Cadbury’s-that-no-longer-has-a-royal-appointment
I get minimal (if at all) salary adjustments annually, much lower than inflation. Therefore I keep cutting my spending, every year I cut more as prices go always up. I’m not going to complain that I suffer really but I’m more and more cautious as to what I’ll spend my money on..
*Consumer confidence* is such a bullshit deflection.
People have next to no disposable income, which has been the case long before America’s attack. It’s not that people aren’t confident, there is no money to spend!
Anecdotally, I’ve received quite a few discounts on emails in the past few days. Foot Locker, M&S.
It made me think they were possibly hurting a bit just now.
Energy price calculation has got to change, currently the government are just ripping us off.
„consumer confidence“ is such a nebulous term. Confidence in what? What do we have to be confident about or have confidence in?
Is it just a euphemism for how skint people are?
Green energy (inc nuclear) could take us away from oil dependence and economic pain
If only the Shareholders would permit it
The trouble about late stage capitalism is it loses all it’s meaning and eventually becomes about nothing.
Note it was at -20% before the war. What could possibly be responsible for this??
„More to do“
R reeves
When hasn’t something not knocked the consumer confidence in the UK. There is always a big crisis that we need to face of some sort..it’s almost like we are constantly living as the sick man of Europe and always shall be.
My brother is currently trying to buy a house and he told me that his mortgage broker had said that because of the Iran war mortgage prices will go up.
All I can wonder is, wtf do mortgage prices get affected by a war so far away. I understand fuel and certain food items, but houses? Makes no sense imo.