Brexit

U.K. Retailers, The Bond Market's Not Finished With You: Gadfly

John Lewis department stores, Next, Primark owner Associated British Foods. A slew of household retail names have already said this month that their pensio...

Reality Bites For British Retail As Storm Clouds Gather: Gadfly

Reality is finally starting to bite for Britain's clothing and home furnishings retailers. While there was plenty of commentary from Next, John Lewis an...

U.K. Retail Sales Dip Less Than Forecast As Confidence Holds

U.K. retail sales declined less than economists forecast in August following the strongest July increase in 14 years, the Office for National Statistics sa...

Irish Business Group Warns Of Brexit Impact On Food And Drink Industry

Food and Drink Industry Ireland (FDII), which represents businesses in the Irish food and drinks industry, has warned that the recent Brexit could represen...

Brexit Vote To Boost Pernod Ricard Profit Margin By €30 Million

According to Gilles Bogaert, Pernod Ricard’s managing director of finance and operations, the drinks multinational will add €30 million to its p...

Euromonitor Results Predict Brexit Will Negatively Affect European Alcohol Sales

Euromonitor International results have revealed that, although Britain will be predominantly affected by Brexit, Western Europe will also feel an impact in...

U.K. Consumer Confidence Rebounds As Brexit Vote Panic Subsides

U.K. consumer confidence rose the most in more than three years this month as the initial shock from Britain’s decision to leave the European Union f...

UK Grocers Shrug Off Brexit As Heatwave Boosts Ice-Cream Sales

Britain’s beleaguered grocers gained some respite from a price war this month, as warm summer weather caused customers to splurge on ice creams and c...