Sales from the week ending June 18, 2017: Father’s Day, the hot weather and buoyant footfall were not enough to revive sales this week.

Lifestyle

Lifestyle like-for-likes were down by -2.25% off of a base of +0.21% for the same week last year, as Father’s Day evidenced little overall positive impact.

The result marked its fourth successive negative week.

Despite the overall result, some department stores and retailers of gifts, health and beauty products, and electrical goods achieved sales growth this week.

Fashion

Fashion like-for-likes were down by -1.54% off of a weak base of -9.97% for the same week last year.

Despite some good performances from mainstream retailers and high-end brands, the hot weather and buoyant footfall were not enough to revive overall fashion sales this week.

Of the 57% of respondents who reported negative in-store like-for-likes this week, 50% of those registered double-digit declines.

Homeware

Homeware like-for-likes were down by -0.93% this week off of a base of -0.60% last year.

Homeware has been negative in four of the five last weeks.

However, the decline was the least severe of all sectors this week and 60% of respondents did post a positive in-store like-for-like.

Non-store

Non-Store like-for-likes were up by +14.47% this week off of a base of +16.18% for the same week last year.

The result was below the +20% threshold, with seven of the last ten weeks seeing non-store growth fall behind that threshold.

54% of fashion respondents reported positive like-for-likes this week, as compared to 64% for lifestyle and 83% for homewares.

Methodology

The sales changes of more than 70 mid-market retailers with some 10,000 individual stores. Data and commentary supplied by Sophie Michael, head of retail and wholesale at BDO.

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