In June 2014 total Scottish sales decreased by 1.1% compared with June 2013, when they had increased by 2.8%. Like-for-like sales decreased by 2.6% on last June, when they had increased by 0.3%. Taking account of shop price deflation, ...
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In June 2014 total Scottish sales decreased by 1.1% compared with June 2013, when they had increased by 2.8%. Like-for-like sales decreased by 2.6% on last June, when they had increased by 0.3%. Taking account of shop price deflation, ...
Tags: UK, Clothing, Apparel, Accessories
Clothing lost its title as the best performing category UK-retail sales in July 2014, falling to sixth place, but outperformed all other categories on a three-month basis, says the latest report from BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. ...
Tags: Clothing, Category Title, Apparel
In June, shopper numbers in Northern Ireland were 11.8% higher than a year ago, up on the 9.2% rise in May 2014, reports the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium-Springboard Footfall Monitor. Northern Ireland continues to have the highest ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Economy
Footfall in June was 0.7% down on a year ago, down on the 0.2% fall in May and below the three-month average of a 0.3% decline, according to the British Retail Consortium-Springboard Footfall Monitor. Footfall on the high street was 1.7% ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
New research published today by the British Retail Consortium finds that 80% of MPs believe the current system of business rates is 'not fit for purpose and in need of fundamental reform'. The poll, which also finds that 93% agree that ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
The UK government has excluded small retailers from the proposed 5p carrier bag charge, which will come into force in England in October 2015. Government noted that its proposals for England only apply to plastic bags. The cross-party ...
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Footfall in May was 0.2% down on a year ago, marginally down on the 0.1% fall in April and below the three-month average of a 0.6% increase. Footfall on the high street was 0.9% down on the previous year for May, up on April’s fall of ...
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Retail footfall in May was 0.2% down on a year ago, marginally down on the 0.1% fall in April and below the three-month average of a 0.6% increase, reports the latest BRC/Springboard Retail Footfall Monitor. The report found that footfall ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Home Products
UK retail sales were up 0.5% on a like-for-like basis from May 2013, when they had increased 1.8% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 2.0%, against a 3.4% rise in May 2013. Clothing was the best performing category, ...
Tags: Clothing, UK retail sales
Helen Dickinson, British Retail Consortium Director General, said, “May has seen shop price deflation remain unchanged at 1.4 per cent, the thirteenth consecutive month of deflation." Highlights: -Thirteenth consecutive month ...
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Customers are using less cash than ever as retailers make it easier and more convenient to shop and pay. New data reveals that a growing proportion of smaller payments previously made in cash are now being made in other ways. The ...
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British Retail Consortium releases online retail sales monitor figures for April 2014. BRC-KPMG Non-Food Retail Sales Year-on-Year Growth: Clothing In contrast with March, the fashion categories growth were negatively affected by ...
Tags: Online Garment, Online sales
Online sales of non-food products in the UK grew 11.2% in April versus a year earlier. In April 2013, they had increased by 6.3% over the previous year. In April, online sales represented 16.1% of total non-food sales of the BRC's ...
Tags: non-food products, Economy
BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor reports global results for Q1 2014 depicting increase in the total volume of overseas consumers searching for UK apparel retailers. BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor Q1 2014 results -Q1 2014 experienced a ...
Tags: UK Apparel, Apparel, Textile