All Retail sales data articles – Page 2
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NewsRetail sales for September hint at early Christmas shopping
Retail sales improved in September as back-to-school and early Christmas shopping drove consumers to buy.
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News
Retail sales rise in August driven by homewares and grocery
Retail sales showed positive signs of growth in August, but bricks-and-mortar stores continued to struggle compared with online.
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UK retail sales rise above pre-lockdown levels as shoppers return to stores
UK retail sales for the month of July were the highest they have been since before the pandemic struck but the outlook remains grim for many categories.
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Opinion
‘V-shaped recovery masks wildly divergent retail performance’
Not a day seems to have passed recently without a CVA or job losses from one retailer or another as a result of the lower footfall, lower spend and acceleration in shift online caused by the pandemic.
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News
Retail sales inch up in July as lockdown measures ease
Retail sales registered a second consecutive month of growth in July, which BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson said was as “a step in the right direction”.
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Analysis
Four must-see graphs from Next reveal lockdown trading pattern
Fashion giant Next’s latest update showed “a much better position than anticipated three months ago”. These graphs eloquently tell the story of how performance has played out and the impact of store reopenings.
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News
Retail sales rise in June, ONS reports
Retail sales by value rose year on year and month on month in June as online stores continued to perform strongly.
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Analysis
Retailers must improve data analytics to win consumer spend, experts warn
The ability to perform data analytics at speed is going to unlock growth in these uncertain times, a panel of leading experts has told Retail Week.
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News
June retail sales and customer spend show green shoots of recovery
In June, retail sales registered the first increase since lockdown began with the highest rate of growth since May 2018, but BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson warned retail is not out of the woods yet.
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News
Shop prices fall in June as coronavirus hammers sales
Shop prices fell for the 13th consecutive month in June as retailers discounted swathes of products amid the coronavirus crisis.
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News
Online sales hit record high as lockdown eases
Multichannel retailers led the way as online sales soared in the week beginning June 15, despite stores reopening their doors to the public.
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News
Matalan bolsters board as full-year profits fall
Matalan’s full-year profits dropped despite a slight uptick in revenues, amid a challenging backdrop of political uncertainty and decreased spending.
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News
DIY and online boost retail sales in May
Retail sales staged a partial recovery last month, according to official data.
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News
Retail sales slump in May despite relaxed lockdown restrictions
After a record low in April, May sales figures showed little signs of improvement, registering the second-worst decline since records began in 1995.
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News
Digital retail sales soar to 12-year high as lockdown forces shoppers online
New data shows that online retail sales grew 32.7% year on year in May, marking the highest annual result since March 2008 as shoppers were forced online by the closure of stores due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus: Online grocery shopping to receive huge boost this year due to lockdown
As a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic online grocery shopping is expected to grow by more than 30%, according to new research.
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News
Retail suffers miserable March as coronavirus sparks record sales slump
Retail sales went into a tailspin in March as the country entered lockdown in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Events
Coronavirus: Fashion sales forecast to plummet as grocers’ share of spend climbs
As the retail industry begins to feel the impacts of coronavirus on consumer spending habits, new data predicts that the pandemic will wipe £12.6bn from sales in 2020.
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News
Retail sales growth hampered by storms, says BRC
Retail sales in February were hampered by three named storms during the month, according to the latest BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor.
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News
Retail sales ‘return to growth’ in January, says BRC
Retail sales registered a “semi-positive performance” during January despite changing consumer shopping habits.
