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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.

Retail sales ‘below expectation’ in April

Retail sales fell below expectations in April, despite a total sales increase of 4.1%…

Increase in redeveloped units set to ‘reimagine’ retail

The number of units that were structurally changed or redeveloped (demolished, merged, split…

Company insolvencies reach five-year high

New figures from the Insolvency Service show the first quarter of 2019 had the second…

Consumer confidence remains negative in April

Consumer confidence remained at its level of -13 in April according to GfK’s Consumer…

Retail rents fall as pressure on sector continues

High street shop prime rents fell by 1% in the first quarter of the year, according to real…

Retail sales growth picks up for first time in five months

Retail sales grew for the first time since November 2018 in the year to April, according to…

74,400 retail jobs lost in first three months of 2019

The retail sector saw a 2.4% year-on-year drop in the number of employees in the first…

UK retail sector bounces back in March

In the three months to March 2019, the quantity bought in retail sales increased by 1.6%…

Shopping centre landlords offer free space to retailers

Revo, the organisation that represents the retail community, has launched a new competition…

Springboard predicts Easter weekend footfall to ‘bounce back’

According to retail experts Springboard, Easter weekend UK footfall is forecast to rise by…