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Economy

Economy explores the wider economic forces influencing the UK retail industry. This section covers inflation, consumer spending, interest rates, labour market conditions, and policy developments affecting retail performance and profitability. Retail Sector’s Economy coverage provides expert analysis, data-driven insight, and commentary to help retail leaders, financial planners, and operational managers understand how macroeconomic trends are shaping demand, costs, and investment decisions across the sector.

Economy

Economy explores the wider economic forces influencing the UK retail industry. This section covers inflation, consumer spending, interest rates, labour market conditions, and policy developments affecting retail performance and profitability. Retail Sector’s Economy coverage provides expert analysis, data-driven insight, and commentary to help retail leaders, financial planners, and operational managers understand how macroeconomic trends are shaping demand, costs, and investment decisions across the sector.

Employer job optimism at eight-year high

Employers in the UK are the most optimistic about the country’s job market in eight years,…

UK economy shrinks 1.5% in Q1 despite signs of recovery

The UK economy shrank by 1.5% during the first three months of the year due to the impact of…

One in seven retail units remain vacant, says BRC

Retail vacancies in the UK have increased across all shopping destinations, according to the…

VF Corp to sell workwear brands

VF Corporation has announced it has entered into an agreement to see the occupational part…

Shop prices fall in April as non-essential retailers reopen

UK shop prices continued to drop in April as non-essential retailers reopened after…

Consumer confidence rises due to ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown

During the first three months of 2021, consumer confidence saw a record quarterly rise…

Consumer confidence edges up alongside reopening

GfK’s consumer confidence UK Consumer Confidence Index increased one point to -15 in April…

Retail job postings falter as sector partially reopens

The number of job postings in the retail sector fell by –6.9% in the week the industry was…

Carphone Warehouse closes all sites in Ireland

Carphone Warehouse has announced the closure of all its sites in Ireland with immediate effect.

Retail sales begin to recover in February

Retail sales volumes witnessed a partial recovery in February with an increase of 2.1% when…