Office for National Statistics
This coverage explores insights from the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) and their relevance to the retail sector, focusing on consumer spending data, labour market trends, price indices, and economic indicators. Reporting highlights how ONS releases inform retail strategy, performance analysis, and market forecasting — providing essential context for executives, analysts, and decision-makers in retail operations and planning.
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Mar- 2018 -23 MarchEconomy
Retail sales see first increase in two months
Retail sales increased by 0.8% in February this year compared with the previous month, with increases seen across all main sectors except non-food stores. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the first uptick after two monthly declines in December and January, resulting in an overall…
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Feb- 2018 -22 FebruaryGovernment
Tesco to reveal gender pay gap statistics
Supermarket giant Tesco is the first in the UK to reveal its gender pay gap statistics. A report made by the group showed its median gender pay gap was 8.7%, which is below the UK average median pay gap of 18.4%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). According…
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Jan- 2018 -30 JanuaryEconomy
Retailers risk losing customers if internal productivity issues are not resolved
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed retail sales in the UK fell by 1.5 per cent in December 2017 compared with November, which underlines the difficulties that retailers are facing in terms of persuading consumers to spend money. Retail technology group Conversity said that addressing this “squeeze in consumer…
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19 JanuaryEconomy
December 2017 sees retail sales slump
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that December 2017 had the weakest retail sales in over four years. The quantity of items bought in December decreased by 1.5% when compared with the stronger sales in November 2017. Although retail sales increased by 1.3% in December compared with the…
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