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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Sep- 2021 -17 SeptemberHigh Street
Retail sales fall 0.9% in August, ONS reveals
Retail sales volumes fell by 0.9% in August 2021, marking the second consecutive month-on-month decline, according to the latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) data. Despite the drop in sales, the results still remained 4.6% higher than their pre-pandemic February 2020 levels. Online sales rose to 27.7% in August from…
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8 SeptemberHigh Street
August online retail sales growth slows down
Online retail sales growth in August fell by 9.3% year-on-year, which was only a small improvement compared with July’s fall of 9.6%, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index. The index revealed that August’s results were still “well below” the six (2.25%) and 12-month (21.37%) averages, but above…
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Aug- 2021 -20 AugustHigh Street
Retail sales growth slows in July
Retail sales volumes fell by 2.5% between June and July 2021, as rainy weather and last month’s ‘pingdemic’ dampened demand from consumers. Nonetheless, sales were still up by 5.2% in the three months to July against the previous three months, and 5.8% higher than their pre-pandemic February 2020 levels, according…
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16 AugustHigh Street
UK retail sales to grow 12% amid back-to-school boost
UK retail sales are expected to grow 12% during the 16 August to 19 September back-to-school period compared with the same period in 2019, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse. Year-on-year sales are also expected to grow 6.7% compared with 2020. This anticipated growth builds on “positive retail momentum”, as total retail…
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11 AugustOnline & Digital
Online retail sales decline eases in July, IMRG finds
The IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index released today has found that after recording the steepest drops in history for two months in a row, the fall in online retail sales appears to be slowing, which could reportedly signal a return to stability in the near future. The report, which tracks…
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Jul- 2021 -13 JulyEconomy
UK retail sales jump 13.1% in June
Total retail sales in the UK increased by 13.1% in June, according to the latest BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor. On a like-for-like basis, the country’s retail sales rose by 17% from June 2019, with non-food reporting a like-for-like sales jump of 47%. In the nation’s high street stores, sales were…
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9 JulyHigh Street
June sees LFL retail sales rise by 52.1%
Total like-for-like (LFL) retail sales increased by 52.1% in June, according to the latest BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker. The tracker also revealed that retail sales jumped 41.7% in the third week of June from a “poor base” of 7.07% for the same week last year when non-essential retailers began…
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Jun- 2021 -18 JuneEconomy
Return to restaurants sees retail sales fall by 1.4%
UK retail sales fell by 1.4% between April and May, following a sharp increase in April when retail restrictions were eased, according to data from the Office of National statistics (ONS). The largest contribution to the monthly decline came from grocery stores where sales volumes fell by 5.7% – the…
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9 JuneHigh Street
May sees online retail sales fall 9.1%, latest data reveals
Online retail sales fell 9.1% year-on-year last month compared with 2020 which saw a growth of 61% according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index. Despite this, when measured against May 2019’s pre-pandemic levels, last month’s figures represent an overall 46% increase in sales volume. At a category level,…
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May- 2021 -21 MayHigh Street
Retail sales climb 9.2% in April
Retail sales across the UK increased 9.2% in April 2021 when compared to the previous month, as the easing of restrictions included the opening of non-essential retail across England, Wales, and Scotland during the period. According to the ONS’s retail sales data, sales grew 42.4% year-on-year due to April 2020…
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