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Aug- 2018 -30 August
Hot September could cost retailers £320m in sales
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has said a hot September could cost retailers £320m in sales, with non-food retailers losing…
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29 August
Shop price deflation comes to an end in August
Shop prices entered inflationary territory in August for the first time in over five years, with prices increasing by 0.1%…
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28 August
Amazon named ‘most reputable UK retailer’ in consumer survey
Amazon, Boots and John Lewis have topped the 2018 UK Retail RepTrak ranking of the most reputable retailers, the Reputation…
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23 August
Urban Outfitters records record sales results as shares rocket
Urban Outfitters has announced record overall sales of £769.5m, seeing a 13.7% increase across the three months to July 31.…
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21 August
Online retail spending stutters after England World Cup exit
UK online retail sales slipped to their lowest year-on-year (YoY) growth in 2018 so in July, as consumer spending “slumped”…
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16 August
Online sales and discounts help to boost retail sales
UK retail sales outperformed predictions with an increase of 0.7% in July, recent statistics from the Office for National Statistics…
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14 August
High street job losses ‘cost British economy £1.5bn’
New research has found that high street job losses have cost the British economy £1.5bn, as the number of lost…
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13 August
Household spending drops 0.9% in July
Household spending dropped 0.9% in July due to “disappointing growth” in real earnings, according to Visas’ UK Consumer Spending Index.…
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2 August
Over half of UK businesses braced for revenue drop due to Brexit
Over half of UK businesses believe Brexit will trigger a drop in revenue in 2019 according to new research by…
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2 August
Scotland sees ‘disappointing’ retail sales rise
Scottish government figures have found that retail sales in the country have risen by 0.3% between April and June compared…
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