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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.

UK grocery market sees ‘modest’ growth despite wet start to summer

The latest grocery market share figures, published by research, data and insight consultancy…

Retail sales slump in May

The quantity bought in May 2019 decreased by 0.5% when compared with the previous month,…

20,000 shops gone from high street since 2010

Since 2010 more than 20,000 shops have “disappeared” from high streets and the communities…

Banking red tape holding back UK retailers abroad

Almost three quarters (71%) of UK retailers would like their businesses to further expand…

Consumer confidence increases in May

Consumer confidence rose by 3 overall to -10 for the month of May, according to GFK’s…

Shop price inflation pushed up by non-food price rises

Shop price inflation increased by 0.8% year-on-year in May, with non-food inflation also…

Retail sales volumes jump 1.8% despite Brexit uncertainty

In the three months to April 2019, the quantity of goods bought in retail sales increased by…

Online retail sales see subdued growth in April

Online retail sales saw sales growth of just 5.2% year-on-year (YoY) in April, according to…

Retailers rethink returns policies as ‘serial returners’ increase

Some 26% of retailers have seen an increase in the volume of goods being returned in the…

Shop vacancy rate rises to highest level in four years

The national town centre vacancy rate rose to 10.2% empty outlets, according to data from…