British Retail Consortium (BRC)

UK Town Centre Vacancy Rates Reach 'Highest Level In Four Years': BRC

Town centre vacancy rates in the UK hit 10.2% in April, their highest level for four years, according to the latest British Retail Consortium (BRC) Footfal...

Promotional Offers Slow Down Shop Price Inflation In April: Study

Shop price inflation in the UK decelerated by 0.4% in April, from 0.9% in March, according to data from the latest BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index. Food in...

UK Retail Employment Falls 2.4% In Q1 2019: BRC

Employment in the retail sector dropped by 2.4% year on year in the first quarter of 2019 in the UK, a new report by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) ha...

Better Weather Helps Lift UK Retail Footfall: BRC

Positive weather helped lift retail footfall in the UK in March, compared to the same month in the previous year, according to the British Retail Consortiu...

Cost Of Crime For UK Retailers Rises To £1.9bn in 2018: BRC

The cost of crime to the UK retail sector rose to £1.9 billion last year, an increase of 12% on the 2017 figure, according to the British Retail Cons...

British Retail Consortium Announces New Appointments To Board

The British Retail Consortium has announced the appointment of two new board members, Melanie Steel and Jon Bye. Melanie Steel has worked in a number of...

UK Consumer Spending Slows In Run-Up To Brexit, Data Shows

British consumer spending grew last month at its slowest pace in more than a year, excluding Easter distortions, with online Black Friday sales failing to&...

UK Store Prices Level With Last Year, BRC/Nielsen Data Shows

Store prices in the UK rose by just 0.1% in the month of November compared to the same month the previous year, according to the latest BRC-Nielsen Shop Pr...