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May- 2019 -22 May
Online retail sales see subdued growth in April
Online retail sales saw sales growth of just 5.2% year-on-year (YoY) in April, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini eRetail…
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15 May
Retailers rethink returns policies as ‘serial returners’ increase
Some 26% of retailers have seen an increase in the volume of goods being returned in the last two years,…
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13 May
Shop vacancy rate rises to highest level in four years
The national town centre vacancy rate rose to 10.2% empty outlets, according to data from the BRC-Springboard Footfall and Vacancies…
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8 May
Retail sales ‘below expectation’ in April
Retail sales fell below expectations in April, despite a total sales increase of 4.1% against the decrease of 3.1% the…
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2 May
Increase in redeveloped units set to ‘reimagine’ retail
The number of units that were structurally changed or redeveloped (demolished, merged, split or converted for another use such as…
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1 May
Company insolvencies reach five-year high
New figures from the Insolvency Service show the first quarter of 2019 had the second highest underlying level of insolvencies…
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Apr- 2019 -30 April
Consumer confidence remains negative in April
Consumer confidence remained at its level of -13 in April according to GfK’s Consumer Confidence Index. Two measures increased and…
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29 April
Retail rents fall as pressure on sector continues
High street shop prime rents fell by 1% in the first quarter of the year, according to real estate company…
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26 April
Retail sales growth picks up for first time in five months
Retail sales grew for the first time since November 2018 in the year to April, according to the latest monthly…
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25 April
74,400 retail jobs lost in first three months of 2019
The retail sector saw a 2.4% year-on-year drop in the number of employees in the first quarter of this year,…
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