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Retail Economics Response - ONS Consumer Prices Index November 2016

13 December 2016

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 1.2 per cent in November on the previous year, up from 0.9 per cent reported in October. Inflation is now rising at its fastest rate since October 2014 when it...

Christmas Countdown Survey: A third of shoppers yet to start their Christmas shopping

08 December 2016

A third of shoppers are still yet to start their Christmas shopping with just 16 shopping days left until the big day. Research from Retail Economics revealed that just over a quarter of consumers int...

Retail Economics Response - ONS Retail Sales Index October 2016

17 November 2016

Retail sales (volumes, seasonally adjusted, excluding fuel) rose by a whopping 7.6 per cent in October according to the ONS. This is the fastest growth since April 2002. Retail sales growt...

Retail Economics Response - ONS Consumer Price Index October 2016

15 November 2016

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 0.9 per cent in October on the previous year. This was down on the previous month when inflation was 1.0 per cent - surprising many commentators who had expecte...

Consumer appetite for Black Friday overestimated

08 November 2016

The novelty of Black Friday appears to be wearing off with just 21 per cent of consumers suggesting they will take advantage of promotions this year, down on last year’s 25 per cent. What’s more, ther...

Retail Economics Response - ONS Retail Sales September 2016

20 October 2016

Retail sales growth (value, non-seasonally adjusted) rose by 2.4 per cent in September from 4.1 per cent in the previous month as the first signs of weaker consumer spending may be appearing to materi...

Retail Economics Response - ONS Consumer Price Index September 2016

18 October 2016

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 1.0 per cent in September, the fastest in two years and ahead of expectations of a 0.9 per cent rise.The main upward contributors to the change in the...

Retail Economics Response - BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor September 2016

11 October 2016

Retail sales regained some lost ground in September with total sales up 1.3 per cent, year-on-year, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. Like-for-like sales also improved on the previous mo...

Next points towards price rises

15 September 2016

Richard Lim, Chief Executive, Retail Economics said: “These latest figures from Next are unnerving (NEXT Retail profit down 16.8 per cent) and suggest British fashion retailers are facing their toughe...

Retail Economics Response - ONS Retail Sales August 2016

15 September 2016

Retail sales growth (value, non-seasonally adjusted) rose by 3.8 per cent in August from 4.0 per cent in the previous month as consumers shrugged off any Brexit fears following the EU Referendum resul...

Retail Economics Response - ONS Consumer Price Index August 2016

14 September 2016

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) remained at 0.6 per cent in August, unchanged on the previous month, after a 0.5 per cent rise in the previous month. The main upward contributors to change i...

Retail Economics Response - ONS Labour Market August 2016

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...

Retail Economics Response - BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor August 2016

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...

Shoppers defy warning of collapse in consumer confidence

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...

Retail Economics Response - ONS Retail Sales July 2016

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...

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Retail Economics Response - ONS Consumer Prices Index November 2016

Christmas Countdown Survey: A third of shoppers yet to start their Christmas shopping

Retail Economics Response - ONS Retail Sales Index October 2016

Retail Economics Response - ONS Consumer Price Index October 2016

Consumer appetite for Black Friday overestimated

Retail Economics Response - ONS Retail Sales September 2016

Retail Economics Response - ONS Consumer Price Index September 2016

Retail Economics Response - BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor September 2016

Next points towards price rises

Retail Economics Response - ONS Retail Sales August 2016

Retail Economics Response - ONS Consumer Price Index August 2016

Retail Economics Response - ONS Labour Market August 2016

Retail Economics Response - BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor August 2016

Shoppers defy warning of collapse in consumer confidence

Retail Economics Response - ONS Retail Sales July 2016

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