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Every day, 115 employees within the UK retail sector are attacked in their place of work. I personally found this statistic from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) to be shockingly high. As someone who has never got into a situation that has led me to harass or attack someone working …

Listen to any podcast or scroll through a popular social media site and it won’t be long until you see or hear an advert from the likes of Squarespace, Shopify or WooCommerce (amongst many others) outlining just how easy it is to set up an online shop and get selling …

The latest KPMG-BRC Retail Sales Monitor has reported the biggest decline in UK retail sales since records began in January 1995. Covering the four weeks from 28th April to 25th May 2019, the report shows that on a total basis, sales decreased by 2.7% in May. Excluding Easter distortions, this …

Throughout March, UK retail sales decreased by 1.1% compared to the same period in 2018. That’s according to the BRC – KPMG Retail Sales Monitor for the month, which also showed that over the three months to March, in-store sales of non-food items declined 1.5% on a total basis and …

UKFast, Gekko, BRC and more discuss the latest Budget announcements.

New BRC / KPMG report causes concern for Christmas retail sales.

The BRC is calling for action from the Government and the Regulator to address the problem of soaring scheme fees.

Price increases in August have broken a deflation cycle of 63 months.

With nearly 2,500 fewer retail stores in the UK compared to three years ago, the pressure retailers are facing is clear.

There are currently 170,000 people employed in retail work across the industry.