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Rain and cold weather kept shoppers off the high street during April (image ©iStockphoto.com/DouglasFreer)

April retail sales washed away in the rain

- Total UK retail sales declined one per cent year-on-year during April as heavy rain disrupted trading across the country, new figures reveal.The latest Retail Sales Monitor from lobby group the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and audit, tax & advi...
11:24AM - Wed 9th May 2012
BRC Director General warns that retailers still face challenges in the months ahead despite an upturn in sales during March

UK retail sales up 1.3% in sunny March

- Retail sales rebounded from an underlying drop in February to rise year-on-year in March, according to new research, however the performance was helped by very weak comparatives from last year.New figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) &...
10:51AM - Wed 11th April 2012
Both non-food spending and online sales were disappointing during February (image ©iStockphoto.com/Alex Slobodkin)

Retail sales recovery “illusory” according to BRC

- UK retail sales were up by 2.3 per cent year-on-year during February but a recovery in consumer spending is far from assured, according to new research.The latest sales data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG reveals that like-for-l...
09:38AM - Tue 6th March 2012
After loosening their belts in December, consumers reduced their spending again in January (image ©iStockphoto.com/marcio eugenio)

Second worst January for retail sales since 1995

- Following a boost to trading during December, UK retail sales in January 2012 slipped back into decline with trading figures published today showing a 0.3 per cent drop in like-for-like (LFL) sales over the month.According to data from the British...
09:27AM - Tue 7th February 2012
Discounting helped UK retailers to a year-on-year sales increase in crucial December trading (image ©iStockphoto.com/Alex Slobodkin)

Discounts help retailers to Xmas sales uplift

- Significant discounting helped retailers end 2011 with positive sales growth, after what was a particularly difficult year for the industry.Data published by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and business advisory firm KPMG today indicates that ...
05:05PM - Tue 10th January 2012
Consumers remain catious despite the festive season  (image ©iStockphoto.com/Rich Legg)

Retail sales growth in November hits six month low

- Consumers are tightening their belts despite the festive build up as sales performed at their weakest last month since May, according to figures released today.Retail sales were 1.6 per cent lower in November than the same period last year on a li...
09:57AM - Tue 6th December 2011
Stephen Robertson, Director General of the British Retail Consortium

Xmas ‘hangs in balance’ as retail sales fall 0.6%

- UK retail sales values in October were 0.6 per cent lower on a like-for-like (LFL) basis than the same period last year, when sales had risen 0.8 per cent, according to data released today.Results from the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor reveals tha...
09:44AM - Tue 8th November 2011
Total retail sales rose in September but trading remains tough on the UK's high streets (image  ©iStockphoto.com/Mark Evans)

Retail sales edge up in September

- UK retail sales climbed 0.3 per cent on a like-for-like (LFL) basis in September, compared to the same month last year, according to new research published today by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and professional services firm KPMG.This will ...
09:36AM - Tue 11th October 2011
Heavy discounting throughout the high street is putting real pressure on retailers' margins

Non-food trading pushes retail sales down in August

- The gap between non-food and grocery sales in the UK widened last month to push total like-for-like (LFL) trading into negative growth, it was revealed today.According to new figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) & KPMG, total sales gre...
09:07AM - Tue 6th September 2011
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