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09 December 2019
In my latest column on Retail Week, I look at some of the manifesto pledges outlined by each of the political parties. From a retail perspective, what the parties have to say on bus...
06 December 2019
House price growth hit a seven-month high in November, up by 2.1% year-on-year following broadly flat growth in recent months according to Halifax. On a month-on-month basis, house prices...
05 December 2019
Campaigning has been rather subdued this week, and rightly so. Last Friday’s tragic events at London Bridge threw the yah-booery of politics as usual into sharp relief. However, the countdown...
29 November 2019
Following the announcement of the general election, GfK’s Consumer Confidence measure remained flat at -14 in November, despite a slight pickup in economic expectations for the year ahead.
29 November 2019
Activity in mortgage markets remained stable in October, according to the latest Bank of England figures. The additional amount households borrowed rose by £0.4 billion to £4.3bn, above...
26 November 2019
Retail Economics partnered with Klarna to conduct research concerning Black Friday expectations for 2019. At a glance: Over a quarter (26%) of consumers are planning to...
14 November 2019
Retail sales (value, non-seasonally adjusted, excluding fuel) rose by 3.0% year-on-year in October 2019 according to the latest figures from the ONS. This is a slowdown on the 3.5% rise in the prev...
14 November 2019
The latest RICS Residential Survey released this morning reports that the housing market is being choked by Brexit, with negative readings across new buyer enquiries, agreed sales and new instructi...
13 November 2019
Visa's UK Consumer Spending Index dipped 1.1% in October, marking 13 consecutive months of decline. Growth in ecommerce spending bucked the decline in stores, reflecting how shopping habits fav...
12 November 2019
The latest labour market data from the ONS continues to show a robust market, but there are some early signs of cooling compared to the previous reported period. Although the unemployment rate decl...
12 November 2019
Four & 12 weeks to 2/3 November 2019 Grocery sales growth rose 1.1%, year-on-year, in the four weeks to 2 November, according to the latest figures from Nielsen, slowing from the 1.7%...
11 November 2019
The preliminary estimate of Q3 GDP rose 0.3% on the previous quarter, following a 0.2% decline in Q2. This was below the Bank of England’s forecast of a 0.4% rise. ...
11 November 2019
It’s been three and a half years since the referendum we are still in the EU, and still arguing about how and even if we are to leave. And we now have with another election looming it feels t...
07 November 2019
The broadly flat trend in house price growth seen in recent months continued in October, with Halifax reporting that prices rose just 0.9% year-on-year in the month. On a month-on-month b...
31 October 2019
GfK’s Consumer Confidence measure slipped back to -14 in October following a two point rise in the previous month, as questions around a Brexit deal, an extension to the deadline and a genera...