Retailers are banking on England and Scotland doing well in the looming men's World Cup to score a major sales boost as fans head to pubs and snap up supermarket drinks

The globe's biggest sports competition is just weeks away but soft hotel bookings could be the canary in the coal mine for retailers expecting a bumper sales splurge.

Retailers are banking on England and Scotland doing well in the looming men's World Cup to score a major sales boost as fans head to pubs and snap up supermarket drinks