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Interest Rates

This coverage explores UK interest rate movements and their impact on the retail industry, focusing on monetary policy decisions, borrowing costs, consumer spending, and retailer financing strategies. Reporting highlights how rate changes affect sales dynamics, investment planning, and operational budgets — providing insight for executives, finance leads, and business strategists navigating economic volatility.

Interest Rates

This coverage explores UK interest rate movements and their impact on the retail industry, focusing on monetary policy decisions, borrowing costs, consumer spending, and retailer financing strategies. Reporting highlights how rate changes affect sales dynamics, investment planning, and operational budgets — providing insight for executives, finance leads, and business strategists navigating economic volatility.

How to know when your retail company is ready for outside investment

In today’s retail market, acquisition has become a common strategy for growth, expansion,…

Mothercare enters refinancing talks amid sales decline

Mothercare is exploring its refinancing options after sales fell by 13% to £281m in the year…

Retail sales fall 4% in April

UK total retail sales decreased by 4% YOY in April, against a growth of 5.1% in April 2023,…

Number of retailers going insolvent jumps to 2,195, says Mazars

The number of insolvencies of retailers increased 19% in the past year to 2,195 in 2023/24,…

H&M H1 profits beat expectations despite sales dip

H&M has revealed that its operating profit increased to SEK2.077bn (£155m), up from…

Today’s news in brief-5/3/24

According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), total retail sales rose by 1.1% in…

Deal activity in F&B recovered in 2023, Grant Thornton finds

Deal activity in the food and beverage sector rebounded last year compared with 2022, when…

Issa brothers scale back EG Group investment to cut debts

Asda owners the Issa brothers have reportedly scaled back investment in their petrol…

Half-term boost fails to save Feb footfall

Half-term failed to save footfall figures in February as it declined by -2.2% across UK…

Today’s news in brief-2/2/24

The overall percentage of UK-listed companies issuing profit warnings reached 18.2%,…