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14 September 2016
Overall, this latest report showed continued strength in the labour market with firms continuing to hire ahead of the EU referendum and in the immediate aftermath. So overall, business as usual althou...
06 September 2016
Richard Lim, Chief Executive, Retail Economics said: “These latest figures from the BRC (total -0.3 per cent, like-for-like -0.9 per cent, change year-on-year) show that shoppers reined in spending d...
22 August 2016
Retail sales rose by 2.1 per cent year-on-year (non-seasonally adjusted) in July, according to the Retail Economics Retail Sales Index. The three month rolling average, which provides a more accurate...
19 August 2016
According to the ONS, Retail sales growth (value, non-seasonally adjusted) rose by 3.6 per cent in July from 1.2 per cent in the previous month as consumers shrugged off any Brexit fears following the...
17 August 2016
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose to 0.6 per cent in July after a 0.5 per cent rise in the previous month. This is the highest seen since November 2014, although inflation remains low in a historic...
03 August 2016
Richard Lim, Chief Executive, Retail Economics said: “These latest figures from Next are simply unnerving and suggest British fashion retailers are facing their toughest challenge in over a decade. <...
12 July 2016
Retail sales were subdued in June with total sales up 0.2 per cent, year-on-year, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. On a like-for-like basis sales fell by 0.5 per cent which reversed som...
21 June 2016
Retail sales rose by 2.6 per cent in May, year-on-year (non-seasonally adjusted), according to the Retail Economics Retail Sales Index. This is the fastest growth since September 2015 and suggests th...
16 June 2016
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) remained at 0.3 per cent in May for the second consecutive month – slightly below the consensus expectations of a 0.4 per cent rise. Transport, particularly motor fuels...
08 June 2016
Richard Lim, Chief Executive, Retail Economics said: "Sainsbury’s latest figures are in line with expectations of a grocery market suffering from prolonged food deflation and rapidly evolving consumer...
02 June 2016
Richard Lim, Chief Executive, Retail Economics said: "The collapse of BHS is a devastating blow to the UK high street and all the employees involved. "This once iconic British retailer suff...
19 May 2016
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) fell to 0.3 per cent in April from 0.5 per cent in March – lower than consensus expectations of a 0.5 per cent rise. Air fares and clothing prices, which caused the Ind...
10 May 2016
Richard Lim, Chief Executive, Retail Economics said: “These latest figures from the BRC confirm that the retail industry is struggling to show any signs of growth.“Faced with growing uncerta...
10 May 2016
It is argued that both the break with the EU, and the uncertainty associated with it, would be damaging for businesses and could undermine the UK’s economic recovery.In reality, should Brita...
27 April 2016
Stephen Robertson, the former British Retail Consortium Director General, has been appointed as the Chairman of Retail Economics, the independent economics consultancy. Stephen brings with h...