England
This coverage focuses on retail developments, trends, and performance across England. Reporting includes store openings and closures, regional economic factors, consumer behaviour, property developments, and strategic initiatives by national and local retailers. Designed for executives and managers, it offers insights into operating successfully within England’s diverse retail landscape.
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Jul- 2018 -24 JulySupermarkets
Warm weather and football fever boosts supermarket sales
The UK groceries’ market share has increased at its fastest rate this year as a result of football fever and sunny weather, new figures show. A report from consultancy Kantar Worldpanel revealed supermarket sales grew 3.6%, with sales of firelighters (47%) and fresh burgers (30%) increasing as well. The data…
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24 JulyEconomy
Over 30,000 retailers in ‘significant financial distress’ at end of Q2
Over 30,000 retailers were found to be in “significant financial distress” at the end of June 2018, according to research Professional services firm Begbies Traynor’s ‘Red Flag Alert’ research for Q2 2018 found 472,183 businesses were experiencing financial distress, a 9% increase when compared with the same period the previous…
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20 JulyEconomy
High street struggles drag sterling down to $1.30
The pound has been dragged down to $1.30 by declining high street footfall and the financial woes of a slew of retail brands. An increase in retail sales of 0.2% had been predicted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), however statisticians were surprised by a fall of 0.5% in…
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13 JulyEconomy
Bumper June footfall sees record increase of 11.4%
UK retailers benefited from record month-on-month growth in footfall for June, with a 11.4% increase in high street traffic compared with May. Compared with the same period last year, footfall was 7.8% lower, but June did deliver a reduction in the year-on-year deficit for the fourth successive month, data from…
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9 JulyEconomy
200,000 companies sued over business rates
Over 200,000 businesses were taken to a Magistrates court for failing to pay for businesses rates under the first year of the new business rates revaluation, an investigation has revealed. Real estate advisor Altus Group collated information procured under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) from all councils in England. They were…
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6 JulySupermarkets
England game could bring additional £860m in grocery sales
Grocery sales could rise by up to 5% ahead of England’s quarter-final match against Sweden on Saturday according to data from Kantar Worldpanel. The data consultancy company said an additional £860m of groceries sales could be generated on Friday and Saturday this week. An extra 1.4 million trips are expected…
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5 JulyEconomy
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 according to new figures. The figures from the Centre for Retail Research (CRR) show that the UK will benefit from a £2.72bn boost if England make the final. It is thought that the majority of the…
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Jun- 2018 -27 JuneHigh Street
City centres ‘must break reliance’ on retail, says think tank
Too many city centres across England and Wales are over-dependent on retail, and must swap shops for offices, housing and public spaces, according to a new report. Research published by the think tank Centre for Cities with support from Capita, examined for the composition of commercial space in UK cities…
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26 JuneEconomy
British grocery market sees two years’ consecutive growth
Britain’s grocery sector has grown for two consecutive years, according to the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks to 17 June 2018. The figures published today, 26 June, showed supermarket sales have risen for 25 consecutive months and now stand at 2.1% compared with…
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20 JuneGovernment
Independent retailers feeling ‘optimistic’ about high street future
More than half of the nation’s independent high street retailers are optimistic about the future of their local high street – and four out of five shoppers would miss their local high street if it was no longer there. This is according to new research to launch the government-run Great…
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