Tag: British Retail Consortium
Retail sales soar as shoppers welcomed back to stores
Retailers enjoyed a surge in spending as shoppers flocked to high streets following the easing of restrictions that saw non-essential stores reopening after the...
Retailers slash carbon emissions in half to beat sustainability targets
UK retailers have cut their carbon emissions in half since 2005 and smashed environmental targets for the past year, according to new figures.
Data from...
Footfall on the up but will not return to pre-pandemic levels...
Retailers are unlikely to see a return to pre-pandemic numbers of customers “anytime soon” despite the beginnings of a recovery after non-essential shops reopened,...
Empty shops surge across UK in first three months of 2021
Empty shop fronts soared higher across UK shopping destinations in the first three months of the year, according to new figures.
The latest BRC-LDC shop...
Retail footfall down 15% on two years ago in ‘first step’...
Total customer footfall on the day non-essential retail reopened in England was down 15% on two years ago, new figures show.
However that is a...
Almost 190,000 retail jobs axed in high street turmoil since first...
Almost 190,000 jobs have been lost in the retail bloodbath since shops were first forced to shut their doors a year ago, according to...
Vaccine passports could see ‘legal concerns’, retail and hospitality chiefs warn
Hospitality and retail bosses have warned that the use of vaccine passports or certification for customers entering venues could face “legal concerns” and create...
Dramatic change to shopping habits since first lockdown, say retail leaders
Shopping habits have “changed dramatically” a year on from the first empty shelves and shuttered high street stores, according to retail experts.
Helen Dickinson, chief...
Mental health advocate and former political aide Alastair Campbell to headline...
Mental health advocate and former political aide Alastair Campbell is to headline a virtual event being run by retail industry charity retailTRUST to champion...
Laithwaite’s Wine sees boom in home deliveries
Laithwaite’s Wine has seen an increase in home deliveries and subscriptions, with 31.5m bottles delivered by Yodel, the UK independent parcel carrier, this year...