British Retail Consortium released its UK statistical data related to the retail sector. Summary - Footfall in September was 2.4% lower than a year ago, down on the 0.9% fall in August. This compares with particularly strong figures a ...
Tags: retail sector
Seven thousand UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) will benefit from a new programme to help them attract overseas customers through the internet, Business Secretary Vince Cable will announce. Vince Cable will also announce that ...
Tags: UKTI Online Campaign, Vince Cable
Official retail figures, released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), confirm that a tentative recovery is continuing to build. Excluding fuel, the ONS numbers show the total value of sales growth (not seasonally adjusted) was ...
Trigon Snacks, the maker of pub favourite peanut brands such as Big D and Planters, has entered administration as a result of cash flow problems, putting more than 130 jobs at risk. Trigon Snacks makes a range of branded and own-label ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Snacks
UK retail sales values were up 1.8% on a like-for-like basis from August 2012, when they had decreased 0.4% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 3.6%, against a 1.6% increase in August 2012. While the growth was ...
Tags: Retail Sales, Textile
Mondi Ibersac has been certified with the British Retail Consortium/Institute of Packaging (BRC/IoP) standard, which is important for customers in the food industry specifically. Mondi Industrial Bags Spain is said to be the first ...
Overall shop prices reported annual deflation for the third consecutive month in July, falling 0.5% from 0.2% in June. Food inflation fell to 2.2% in July from 2.7% in June. Non-food reported annual deflation of 2.1% in July from 1.9% in ...
Tags: Shop Prices, Textile
Menasha Packaging has announced that the company’s Yukon Plant in Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania, a part of its Western Pennsylvania Complex, has received certifications from two global product safety and quality standardization programs. ...
DS Smith Packaging has announced the opening of a new ‘clean room’ manufacturing facility at its Wellingborough plant in Northamptonshire for the packaging of foods, pharmaceuticals and electronics products. The new ...
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UK retailers have voiced strong concerns over plans announced by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) to apply a new “discretionary” approach on whether to conduct a site visit when inspecting certain types of businesses ...
Tags: Gla Approach, Textile
Total retail search volumes grew 15% in the second quarter of 2013 compared with the same quarter a year earlier. Search volumes on tablet devices outpaced those on any other device, increasing 132% compared with growth on smartphone ...
A small increase in the number of carrier bags being used by supermarket shoppers across the UK reflects changing shopping trends and shouldn’t detract from areas where excellent progress has been made, the British Retail Consortium ...
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Office for National Statistics (ONS) released official figures that confirmed positive sales growth seen in the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor released earlier this month. The total value of sales growth reported by the ONS (not seasonally ...
Tags: Positive Retail Growth, Apparel
Food continues to outshine clothing at posh retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S), according to the firm's first quarter results, covering the 13 weeks to June 29 2013. Food sales continues to outshine general merchandise at M&S Total UK food ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released official retail figures confirming strong sales performance from UK retailers in May. While the weather and general economic conditions continued to provide a challenge, the ONS numbers ...
Tags: United Kingdom, Apparel&Accessories, Retail