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08 April 2021
As all non-essential stores close across the UK, Retail Economics takes a look beyond the closures and rounds-up how retailers have been responding to the coronavirus in the timeline below....
08 April 2021
The RICS Residential Market Survey for March shows renewed momentum in market activity, driven by the Stamp D...
06 April 2021
Record contraction in GDP in final quarter of 2020
16 March 2021
Amazon's market cap has risen to c.£1.2 trillion, dwarfing UK retailers in comparison. Net sales in the fourth quarter of 2020 reached $125 billion, up 44% on...
12 March 2021
UK GDP fell by 2.9% in January as economic activity shrank on the back of lockdown measures. GDP remains 9.0% lower than the level seen before the full impact of the pandemic in February 2020, and...
11 March 2021
The RICS Residential Market Survey for February indicates another cooler month for sales activity, following...
05 March 2021
The housing market continued to soften following a strong second half in 2020, according to the latest data from Halifax. House price growth remained strong year-on-year,...
04 March 2021
Insights from the UK Budget 2021. "Spend now and pay later" was a clear message that came through the Spring Budget....
02 March 2021
Latest data from Kantar suggests that in the 12 weeks to 21 February grocery sales rose by 12.5% on the previous year. In the past four weeks, sales growth was even stronger, rising by 15.1%, the s...
01 March 2021
Annual growth in secured lending improved in January, rising by 3.1% year-on-year, from 3.0% in December. The monthly change in the additional amount ho...