High Street Sales
Early Easter hits UK retail sales, down 2.2% in AprilThe timing of Easter and the freezing weather seen at the start of the month caused retail sales to fall by 2.2 per cent on an annual basis. |
Retail sales fall in March as cold weather keeps shoppers awayRetail sales fell by 0.50 per cent in March as the cold weather kept consumers away from the shops. |
Retail sales prosper in March despite snowThe timing of Easter and Mothers Day has helped the UK retail sector post it best quarterly performance for four years but clothing and garden centres suffered due to the cold weather. |
Retail sales fall as arctic weather hits Spring clothing salesRetail sales fell in March as the cold weather influenced shoppers to stay away from the high street abd ignore Spring and Summer clothes sales. |
Retail sales surge in February after snow-affected JanuaryRetail sales in February rebounded after the snow affected January to grow by 2.1 per cent lifting hopes that the UK economy will avoid a triple-dip recession. |
BRC: Consumers snap up tablets to help boost retail salesRetail sales increased at their fastest pace since December 2009 in a surprisingly upbeat set of data from the British Retail Consortium helped by sales of electronic items. |
Retail sales dip in February as consumers stung by inflationThe CBI's Distributive Trades Survey shows a slowdown in retail sales growth in the first two weeks of February, raising the prospect of a triple-dip recession. |
Retail sales fall as households rein in spending in JanuaryOfficial figures from the Office for National Statistics show that retail sales volumes fell by 0.6 per cent against economists expectations of a rise of 0.5 per cent. |
Poor Christmas trading points to triple-dip recessionLatest official figures show that the trend of rising online sales and falling high street business that led to the demise of HMV and Blockbuster is continuing. |
Tablet sales and demise of Comet help boost DixonsDixons has smashed market expectations by reporting an eight per cent increase in like-for-like sales helped by the demise of Comet and "phenomenal" sales of tablets. |
BRC: Online sales boost gives shine to retailers at ChristmasA big increase in online sales helped overall retail sales meet low expectations, according to the latest set of figures published by the British Retail Consortium. |
Shoppers warned "use or lose" local stores as retail sales dipThe latest retail sales figures were flat for November and business organisations warned that shoppers need to use local independent stores or risk losing them. |
Comet: Taxpayers to pay £50m tax and staff redundancy costsDeloitte, the administrators of Comet have warned that insufficient funds means the government is likely to pick up the bill for tax owed and staff redundancy costs. |
BRC: Retailers hoping for Christmas rush as online sales slowThe British Retail Consortium reports a 1.8 per cent rise in like-for-like sales in November, but the third worst set of online sales in 2012. |
5000 Comet staff could lose jobs just before ChristmasUnless a buyer is found then the remaining 5,000 Comet staff could be made redundant the week before Christmas, according to the administrators, Deloitte. |
Comet could be bought by online retailerComet, which was placed in administration earlier this month could be bought by an online retailer as Deloitte look to sell various parts of the business. |
Retail sales fall as shoppers rein in spending before ChristmasIn what is hopefully a blip, there was a fall in retail sales of 0.8 per cent in October as shoppers cut back on food and clothing ahead of Christmas. |
330 jobs go as Comet sale disappoints Christmas bargain hunters330 jobs are to go at Comet as customers are disappointed to find just 10 or 20 per cent off items that are sold with no guarantee in the Comet firesale. |
Sunday Trading laws unlikely to be changed after sales slumpRetail sales figures dropped in August as people stayed in and watched the Olympics. The period saw extended Sunday trading hours that failed to encourage shoppers. |
John Lewis sales up 15% on "back to school" spendingJohn Lewis posted a 15.3 per cent rise in sales in the week ending September 1st helped by spending on back to school items as it continues to outperform the rest of the high street. |
BRC: Olympic feelgood factor failed to ignite retail salesThe British Retail Consortium says that retail sales fell by 0.4 per cent in August as the feelgood factor from the London Olympics failed to inspire consumers to spend. |
CBI figures show Olympics boost did not extend to high streetThe CBI says that high street sales were flat in early August and did not receive an Olympic boost as the outlook from business fell to the lowest level for three years. |
Sainsbury's boss Justin King slams Sunday trading changeThe chief executive of Sainsbury's, Justin King says that the temporary changes to Sunday trading laws should not be made permanent and are not "a magic answer to economic regeneration." |
ONS: Retail sales rise in July despite no Olympics boostOfficial data shows that retail sales increased by 0.3 per cent month-on-month but that the London Olympic Games gave no major boost to consumer spending in July. |
Rain dampens retail sales boost given by Queen's Diamond JubileeThe British Retail Consortium says retail sales increased by 1.4 per cent in June helped by the Diamond Jubilee but bad weather curtailed spending later in the month. |
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