British Retail Consortium

Beating the retail downturn: three lessons from Dunelm

We are clearly amidst challenging times for high street retailers at the moment, with Brexit uncertainty coupled with increased competition…

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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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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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Crime cost retailers £1.9bn last year

The British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) annual Retail Crime Survey has revealed the total cost of crime and crime prevention for…

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UK and Ireland retailers warn of no-deal tariffs

With just 36 days until the UK leaves the EU the leading retail bodies in Ireland, Northern Ireland and the…

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Retailers ‘trying to water down’ bottle deposit scheme

Environmental groups have accused retailers of trying to ignore calls for a catch-all deposit of more than 15p on plastic…

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BRC hits out at HMRC over ‘unreasonable’ pay rules

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has demanded HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) ceases action against retailers who have breached pay…

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High street vacancies on the rise, retail data shows

The national town centre vacancy rate was 9.9% in January 2019, up from 8.9% a year earlier This is according…

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Retail sales pick up in January

UK retail sales saw year-on-year growth of 2.2% in January following December’s report of the worst trading performance in a…

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The UK’s high street woes

There are few sectors where the effects of the faltering UK economy have been more starkly visible than the retail…

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