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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.

M&S to be relegated from FTSE 100

Marks and Spencer is set to be removed from the FTSE 100 for the first time since the index…

UK consumer confidence decreases three points in August

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index decreased by three points to -14 in August.

CEO pay at the UK’s biggest companies falls by 13%

CEOs of FTSE 100 companies have seen their salary drop by 13% year-on-year to an average of…

UK can avoid no-deal ‘Brexit chaos’, says Next CEO

Next CEO Simon Wolfson has said he believes that the UK will avoid “serious disruption” in…

Consumer confidence increases by two points in July

Consumer confidence rose by 2 overall to -11 for the month of July, according to GFK’s…

‘Worst June on record’ for retail sales, says BRC

On a total basis, sales decreased by 1.3% in June, against an increase of 2.3% in June 2018,…

Online to make up more than 50% of retail sales in 10 years

Online shopping will account for more than 50% of retail sales (up from 19% currently) in…

Retail sales slump in June

Like-for-like in-store sales fell by -0.8% in June according to the High Street Sales…

Retailers see fastest drop in sales since financial crisis, says CBI

Retail sales volumes fell at its fastest pace since March 2009 in the year to June,…

UK consumer confidence slips in June

Market research company GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index has showed that…