Feature: Retailers brace for impact of inflation on Black Friday sales


VALLETTA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Retailers are bracing themselves for a mediocre Black Friday this year, with inflation and families' reduced spending power likely to affect sales in Malta.

Although the latest statistics for October showed inflation went down to 4.2 percent from September's 4.9 percent in the country, families are still struggling.

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