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Sustainability Consumerism: How retailers are on the front line

We live in febrile times, and for once we are not talking about Brexit. Within the last year we have…

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Mike Ashley’s holding company sees profits plunge 80% in 2018

Mike Ashley’s holding company, Mash Holdings, saw pre-tax profits plunge by 80% to £20.9m in 2018, according to recently filed…

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Consumer confidence drops further in October

Gfk’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index decreased two points to -14 in October. The measure for the general economic situation of…

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Schuh pre-tax profits fall by £7m amid ‘extremely challenging year’

Schuh has reported a £7m fall in pre-tax profits to £6.1m attributed to a second consecutive year of “extremely challenging”…

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Shop prices decrease again in October

Shop price deflation decelerated to 0.4% in October from -0.6% in September, according to new figures from the British Retail…

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Next Q3 sales affected by ‘unusually’ warm weather

Fashion retailer Next has reported a 6.3% decrease in retail sales for the three months to 26 October. The drop…

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Retailers report ‘record high’ stock levels in October

Retailers’ stock levels in relation to expected sales were at their highest on record in October, according to the latest…

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85,000 retail jobs lost in the last year

Third-quarter retail employment fell by 2.8% year-on-year, the equivalent of around 85,000 jobs, marking the 15th consecutive quarter of decline…

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Online retail sales drag in September

Online sales grew by a marginal 0.6% year-on-year in September, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index. The…

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Consumer confidence drops in Q3 amid continued Brexit uncertainty

The Deloitte consumer confidence index fell to -9% in Q3 2019, one point lower than in the previous quarter and…

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