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Apr- 2019 -3 April
Shop price inflation hits highest level in six years
Shop price inflation accelerated in March to 0.9%, up from 0.7% in February, the highest inflation rate since March 2013.…
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1 April
Shops, pubs and restaurants to get £500m tax reprieve
Small firms on England’s embattled high streets are set to share in half a billion pounds worth of tax cuts…
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Mar- 2019 -29 March
March consumer confidence ‘holds steady’
Market research company GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index has showed that confidence among consumers in the UK stayed at the…
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28 March
Retail sales fall in March
Retail sales volumes fell in the year to March, compounding a “subdued start to 2019”, according to the latest monthly…
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22 March
Retail sales bounce back in February
Retail sales have bounced back slightly February 2019, as the quantity bought increased by 0.4% during the month. In the…
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15 March
Mild February fails to significantly boost UK retail spending
The total retail spend index in February rose only 3.4 percentage points (ppts) versus a poor performance in January, according…
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8 March
Worst February in a decade for retailers, says BDO
High street retailers suffered the worst February in a decade for in-store sales, according to figures from BDO’s latest High…
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Feb- 2019 -28 February
UK consumer confidence up despite Brexit ‘fears’
Gfk’s long running Consumer Confidence Index Score went up by one point in February to -13, despite the continuous uncertainty…
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27 February
Shop price inflation hits six-year high
Shop price inflation increased by 0.7% in February, up from 0.4% in January, and is the highest inflation rate since…
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22 February
Online retail records its ‘worst January sales growth’
Online retail recorded its worst January sales growth in three years last month, as the industry’s poor recent sales performance…
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