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2020 sees slow start for UK retailers

The new decade has been a slow start for UK’s retailers, which saw sales increase just 0.4 percent compared to 2.2 percent last year. According to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor, this is above both the three-month and 12-month average declines of 0.4 percent and 0.2 percent percent respectively, with the 12-month average hitting a “new...

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UK retail figures disappointing in February

The BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor for February reveals that UK retail sales values were down 0.4% on a like-for-like basis from February 2010, when sales had risen 2.2%. Consumers' underlying uncertainty about jobs and incomes resurfaced, hitting clothing, footwear and homeware sales. Internet, mail-order and phone sales growth fell further in...

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London retail sales lowest since 2005

UK retail sales may have risen 1.2% compared with November 2006, however London's sales have seen a decline. According to the Retail Sales Monitor, sales in Central London in November were 0.4% higher than a year earlier, the weakest since October 2005 and compared with an 8.5% year-on-year increase in November 2006, when sales were recovering...