Customers move past a 2022 Clubman John Cooper Works model for sale on the floor of a Mini showroom Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. Retail sales took an unexpected dip in December 2021 in what could be a signal that the increasing weight of persistently rising inflation is prompting a pullback in consumer spending. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
BY MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence declined this month as persistent inflation and the highlycontagious omicron variant…
