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  • Friday, 17 January, 2020
    UK retail sales suffer longest contraction since records began

    Weak consumer sector adds to pressure on Bank of England to cut rates

  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
    Next PLC
    Next upgrades profit forecast after upbeat Christmas

    Fashion chain’s rise in quarterly online sales offsets drop in store sales

  • Friday, 27 December, 2019
    Rain-sodden Boxing Day sales damp high street mood

    Fresh blow for retail sector as belt-tightening shoppers stay at home

  • Thursday, 19 December, 2019
    UK retail sales fall sharply in November

    Four consecutive months of contraction raises concerns for health of economy

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    Ted Baker PLC
    Ted Baker shares plunge as chief executive and chairman resign

    Fashion retailer forecasts full-year profits will fall as much as 90 per cent

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    UK retail sales fall raises fears of slowing economy

    Economists had expected October to show an increase in the figures 

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    Retail sales rise as shoppers shrug off uncertainty

    Non-essential spending and leisure activities also increase

  • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
    UK business & economy
    UK retail sales flat in September

    September data spark concerns weak business confidence is spreading to households

  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
    Home Bargains delivers bigger profit than Harrods

    Discount chain’s sales top £2.5bn and beat high-end department store

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  • Monday, 7 October, 2019
    Shoppers slash spending as Brexit looms

    Retailers suffer worst September for more than 20 years

  • Thursday, 19 September, 2019
    UK retail sales drop unexpectedly in August

    Online sales biggest driver as three-month figure shows moderate rise

  • Friday, 13 September, 2019
    Personal Finance
    Rise of the ‘nocturnal shopper’

    One in 15 purchases made between midnight and 6am

  • Monday, 2 September, 2019
    Cautious shoppers deliver fresh blow to UK economy

    Stores hit by ‘incredibly disappointing month for retail’, industry figures reveal

  • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
    UK retail sales unexpectedly jump in July

    Consumer sector continues to support British economy into third quarter

  • Monday, 12 August, 2019
    UK retail industry
    Retailers push for overhaul of business rates system

    Big high street names write to government demanding freeze on levy

  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Boohoo web deal leaves rivals stuck in the middle

    Buying the online operation of Karen Millen continues retail polarisation trend

  • Monday, 5 August, 2019
    Department stores hit in worst July sales on record

    Good weather fails to lift high street as shoppers hold back on big purchases

  • Thursday, 18 July, 2019
    June retail sales rise unexpectedly and boost sterling

    Increasing spending provides respite to economy and Brexit-hit pound 

  • Monday, 8 July, 2019
    Retail sales suffer ‘worst June on record’

    Year-on-year fall of 1.3% offers bleak indicator of weakening economy

  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2019
    UK retail sales survey points to woes continuing in June

    CBI data weakest since the financial crisis

  • Thursday, 20 June, 2019
    Cold weather hits UK retail sales in May 

    Department stores suffer as internet sales grow fast

  • Friday, 24 May, 2019
    UK retail sales defy Brexit fears to extend growth run

    Sunny weather boosts consumer spending as numbers beat expectations

  • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
    Burberry Group PLC
    Slow growth in China weighs on Burberry

    Consumers in Asia-Pacific region account for 40% of revenues worldwide

  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2019
    UK consumer spending picks up after Brexit delay

    Warmer weather and later Easter help to drive recovery after winter gloom

  • Thursday, 18 April, 2019
    Shoppers unfazed by Brexit as UK retail sales jump

    Revenues climb 1.1% in March to beat expectations but credit card defaults surge

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