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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 Treasury rejects retailers’ business rates reform calls

The UK Treasury has today rejected calls from retailers who say business rates should be…

Retail sales fall for fifth consecutive month

Retail sales fell for the fifth month in a row in June, data from BDO’s High Street Sales…

England/Colombia World Cup win scores UK a £1.3bn economy boost

England’s penalty shootout victory against Colombia has given the UK economy a £1.33bn boost…

BRC calls for two-year freeze on business rates

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has asked the government to consider freezing business…

Sainsbury’s Q1 sales growth stutters as groundwork laid for merger

Sainsbury’s has seen a slump in its total sales growth down to 0.8% from 1.3% in the last…

Boots shares plunge 10% following Amazon medicine service acquisition

Shares in the parent company of pharmacy chain Boots, Walgreens Boots Alliance, have…

London retail properties boost Crown Estate to £329m

The Crown Estate, the Queen’s main source of income, has announced a increase in return to…

Head office jobs more likely to face axe than shop floor following national living wage rises

New research has found that those working in head office are more likely to lose their jobs…

One in four companies hit by ‘domino effect’ of another’s insolvency

Some 26% of UK companies have suffered a hit to their finances following the insolvency of a…

‘Serial returners’ cost retailers £7bn a year

New research from Barclaycard has revealed that retail returns made by British shoppers…