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08 November 2016
The novelty of Black Friday appears to be wearing off with just 21 per cent of consumers suggesting they will take advantage of promotions this year, down on last year’s 25 per cent. What’s more, ther...
20 October 2016
Retail sales growth (value, non-seasonally adjusted) rose by 2.4 per cent in September from 4.1 per cent in the previous month as the first signs of weaker consumer spending may be appearing to materi...
18 October 2016
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 1.0 per cent in September, the fastest in two years and ahead of expectations of a 0.9 per cent rise.The main upward contributors to the change in the...
11 October 2016
Retail sales regained some lost ground in September with total sales up 1.3 per cent, year-on-year, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. Like-for-like sales also improved on the previous mo...
15 September 2016
Richard Lim, Chief Executive, Retail Economics said: “These latest figures from Next are unnerving (NEXT Retail profit down 16.8 per cent) and suggest British fashion retailers are facing their toughe...
15 September 2016
Retail sales growth (value, non-seasonally adjusted) rose by 3.8 per cent in August from 4.0 per cent in the previous month as consumers shrugged off any Brexit fears following the EU Referendum resul...
14 September 2016
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) remained at 0.6 per cent in August, unchanged on the previous month, after a 0.5 per cent rise in the previous month. The main upward contributors to change i...
14 September 2016
Overall, this latest report showed continued strength in the labour market with firms continuing to hire ahead of the EU referendum and in the immediate aftermath. So overall, business as usual althou...
06 September 2016
Richard Lim, Chief Executive, Retail Economics said: “These latest figures from the BRC (total -0.3 per cent, like-for-like -0.9 per cent, change year-on-year) show that shoppers reined in spending d...
22 August 2016
Retail sales rose by 2.1 per cent year-on-year (non-seasonally adjusted) in July, according to the Retail Economics Retail Sales Index. The three month rolling average, which provides a more accurate...
19 August 2016
According to the ONS, Retail sales growth (value, non-seasonally adjusted) rose by 3.6 per cent in July from 1.2 per cent in the previous month as consumers shrugged off any Brexit fears following the...
17 August 2016
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose to 0.6 per cent in July after a 0.5 per cent rise in the previous month. This is the highest seen since November 2014, although inflation remains low in a historic...
03 August 2016
Richard Lim, Chief Executive, Retail Economics said: “These latest figures from Next are simply unnerving and suggest British fashion retailers are facing their toughest challenge in over a decade. <...
12 July 2016
Retail sales were subdued in June with total sales up 0.2 per cent, year-on-year, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. On a like-for-like basis sales fell by 0.5 per cent which reversed som...
21 June 2016
Retail sales rose by 2.6 per cent in May, year-on-year (non-seasonally adjusted), according to the Retail Economics Retail Sales Index. This is the fastest growth since September 2015 and suggests th...