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From the Met Office 2007 weather sum­maries page for July:

Rainfall gen­er­ally well above average, with England & Wales recording over double their average July rainfall, with some stations in the Worcestershire area recording over four times their average July rainfall. Sunshine well below average across the north-​​east of Scotland, but slightly above average across western areas of Scotland.

From today’s press release from the Internet Marketing Retail Group:

July saw a massive spike in online sales, up 80% on last year to a new all-​​time high. The IMRG Index burst above 4000 for the first time (4111), indic­ating that UK e-​​retail sales had exceeded ?4 billion in a month for the first time (?4.2bn). Sales for the month were ?1.86 billion higher than in July 2006.

When I was young, we always used to say that bad weather was ‘good for the farmers’. Clearly, that needs updating — nowadays, it’s good for the e-​​tailers.

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