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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May- 2025 -8 MayDepartment Stores
Next ups profit guidance as Q1 sales rise by 11.4%
Next has upped its full-year profit guidance as it welcomed “better than expected” sales in the first quarter, with full price sales up by 11.4% as trade was boosted by the warmer spring weather. The “overperformance” meant sales were £55m higher than its forecast for the period, with the group…
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Mar- 2025 -27 MarchDepartment Stores
Next raises outlook as FY profits top record £1bn
Next has reported that pre-tax profits have risen by 10.1% to £1bn for the first time in its history, with the group raising its full-year guidance for the coming year amid further strong trading. In the year to January 2025, full price sales rose by 5.8% while total group sales…
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11 MarchEconomy
Valentines Day helps retail sales jump 1.1% in February
Total retail sales in the UK increased by 1.1% year-on-year for the four weeks ended 1 March, a similar increase compared with February 2024, as Valentines Day helped boost sales. During the period, food sales increased by 2.3% year-on-year in February, compared with a growth of 5.6% in the same…
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Feb- 2025 -28 FebruaryEconomy
UK retail sales grow 2.3% in February, BDO reveals
Total retail sales in discretionary spend categories grew by 2.3% in February, compared to a negative base of -1.3% in the same month in 2024, according to BDO’s latest High Street Sales Tracker. The latest report from accountancy and business advisory firm BDO shows that in store sales in lifestyle…
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21 FebruaryEconomy
UK retail sales rise by 1.7% in January
UK retail sales volumes increased by 1.7% in January driven largely by food sales, the ONS has revealed. According to the new figures, sales volumes fell by 0.6% in the three months to January 2025, compared with the three months to October 2024, but rose by 1.4%, compared with the…
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11 FebruaryEconomy
Retail sales increase 2.6% despite ‘stormy’ January
UK total retail sales increased by 2.6% year-on-year in January, against a growth of 1.2% in January 2024, as consumer sentiment remained resilient despite stormy weather, according to the latest figures from the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. This growth was above the three-month average growth of 1.1% and above the…
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Jan- 2025 -17 JanuaryEconomy
Retail sales unexpectedly fall amid ‘poor’ supermarket sales
Retail sales fell 0.3% in December according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics. It follows a 0.1% increase in November, revised down from a previous estimate of a 0.2% rise. Analysts had been expecting sales to rise by 0.4% in the run up to Christmas as…
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Dec- 2024 -20 DecemberSupermarkets
Network Rail retail sales rise 10% to £233m in Q2
Network Rail saw its total retail sales rise 10% to £233.7m for the second quarter from July to September, spelling an increase of over £21m on the same period last year. Additionally, retail sales overtook the previous quarter, jumping by over £8m. Network Rail’s annual retail sales for 2023/24 surpassed…
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20 DecemberEconomy
Retail sales fall short of expectations in November
Retail sales in the UK rose 0.2% in November, behind analysts expectations of 0.5%, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. However, this slight increase is an improvement on the 0.7% decline seen in October. ONS stated growth in supermarkets and other non-food stores was partly offset by…
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3 DecemberNews
UK retail sales dip 3.3% in November
UK total retail sales decreased by 3.3% year on year in November, against a growth of 2.6% in November 2023, the British Retail Consortium showed. According to the new figures, this was below the 3-month average growth of -0.1% and the 12-month average growth of 0.5%. However, the BRC said…
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