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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.

House of Fraser decline leads to French Connection store closures

French Connection has announced it will be shuttering more of its stores following the…

Online retail sales stay steady; mobile growth hits ‘all time low’

UK online retail sales held steady this August, as shopper spending reached 12.8% growth…

More than 75% of retail payments now made by card

Retail purchases made by card accounted for 76% of all retail sales made in 2017, according…

Amazon Prime users set to more than double in the next decade

Analysts predict the number of Amazon Prime subscribers will more than double in the next…

August high street sales one of ‘worst on record’ as shoppers steer clear

August high street sales have been described as “one of the worst on record” by accountancy…

Retailers get more sales with early Black Friday campaigns

Consumers who receive promotional messages in September are three times more likely to make…

Amazon will account for 5% of global retail, say analysts

Analysts have said they expect Amazon to account for 5% of the global retail market in the…

Electric bikes speed up Halfords sales

Halfords has announced that increased demand for electric bikes has helped the company to…

Footfall ‘better than expected’ in August

Footfall fell by 4.1% in August compared with the same month last year, according to the…

M&Co reports rocketing online sales

M&Co has reported a rapid rise in its online sales of 18.3% in the year to February…