Retail Sales
This coverage analyses UK retail sales performance, highlighting monthly figures, sector breakdowns, seasonal trends, and consumer spending patterns. Reporting examines how economic conditions, promotions, and market dynamics influence sales outcomes across categories, providing retail managers and executives with actionable insights into trading conditions and customer demand.
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Jul- 2022 -8 JulyNews
Cost of living crisis weighs on retail sales growth
High levels of inflation and the deepening cost of living crisis have prompted further slowing of retail sales growth, according to BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker (HSST). It found that total like-for-like (LFL) sales, combined in-store and online, increased by +8.4% in June compared to the equivalent month in 2021,…
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Jun- 2022 -24 JuneEconomy
Retail sales fall as consumers cut household spending
Retail sales volumes fell by 0.5% in May 2022 according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), as consumers started to cut back on household spendign amid the cost of living crisis. According to the ONS, customers have reportedly begun switching away from purchasing household goods…
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9 JuneEconomy
Retail sales dip in May as consumers cut spending
Sales across retail decreased by 1.1% in May, against an increase of 28.4% in May 2021, as consumers continued to cut spending amid the cost of living crisis, according to the BRC. This is below the three-month average growth of 0.7% and the 12-month average growth of 4.1%. On a…
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May- 2022 -20 MayHigh Street
Retail sales rise by 1.4% in April
Retail sales volumes rose by 1.4% in April 2022 following a fall of 1.2% in March 2022, with sales volumes 4.1% above their pre-coronavirus February 2020 levels. In the three months to April 2022, sales volumes fell by 0.3% when compared with the previous three months; this continues the downward…
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11 MayEconomy
Rising cost of living dents April retail sales
Retail sales decreased by 0.3% in April compared with the year prior, marking the first decline in 15 months as the rising cost of living starts to affect shoppers’ spending habits. According to the latest data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG’s retail sales monitor covering the four…
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Apr- 2022 -22 AprilEconomy
Retail sales tumble amid cost of living crisis
Retail sales fell by 1.4% last month as consumers reduced their spending amid the cost of living crisis. This marked a much steeper decline than the fall of 0.5% reported in February 2022, revised from a previous fall of 0.3%. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the biggest…
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12 AprilHigh Street
Retail sales slow as consumer confidence wanes
Total sales increased by 3.1% in March, dropping below the three-month average growth of 6.9% and the 12-month average growth of 10.3% as customer confidence waned amidst the cost of living crisis, according to the latest BRC-KPMG sales monitor. UK retail sales decreased 0.4% on a like-for-like basis from March…
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Mar- 2022 -25 MarchEconomy
Retail sales volumes fall 0.3% in February, ONS says
Retail sales volumes fell by 0.3% in February 2022 following a rise of 1.9% in January 2022, according to the latest figures from ONS, with sales volumes at 3.7% above their pre-coronavirus (Covid-19) February 2020 levels. Non-store retailing sales volumes fell by 4.8% over the month following strong growth in…
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16 MarchHigh Street
Retail sales monitor shows ‘cause for optimism’, Bira says
The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) has said there is “cause for optimism” after the recent BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor for February 2022 which revealed that UK retail sales increased 2.7% on a Like-for-like basis from February 2021. According to the BRC the performance comes on top of an improved…
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8 MarchEconomy
Retail sales show continued growth in February
Retail sales increased by 6.7% in February, against an increase of 1.0% in February 2021, a new report from BRC and KPMG has revealed. This is ahead of the three-month average growth of 6.5% but worse than the 12-month average growth of 11.3%. On a two-year basis, total retail sales…
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