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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 customers to boost retailers with £420 festive spend

New Christmas trading analysis from PwC has suggested UK shoppers are preparing to spend an…

Consumer confidence drops marking ‘season of uncertainty’

Market research firm GfK’s latest Consumer Confidence Index has shown that confidence…

Esprit to cut 40% of non-store jobs and reduce product line

Esprit has announced it is to cut 40% of non-store jobs and reduce its product line by 30%…

Black Friday footfall expected to drop as shoppers go online

Retail intelligence experts Springboard have forecast that Black Friday and the following…

Black Friday set to be worth £10.4bn in the UK

Black Friday sales are forecast to grow faster than the UK retail market in Q4 2018, as the…

All Saints sees profits fall by over half

Clothing retailer All Saints has seen its profits fall by over half to £10.6m in the year to…

Bank of England puts hold on interest rates due to Brexit uncertainty

The Bank of England has placed interest rates on hold following growing uncertainty around Brexit.

600 jobs at risk as Crawshaws enters administration

Meat retailer Crawshaws has announced it has entered administration, putting 600 jobs at…