British Retail Consortium

Yellowhammer Documents Lay Bare 'Grisly Crisis' Facing UK Food In No-Deal Brexit

Retail and food industry representative groups in the UK have responded to the publication of the Yellowhammer documents, which outline the 'reasonable wor...

UK Retail Industry Rejects Gove Claim About Fresh Food Shortages

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has rejected claims by prominent government figure Michael Gove that there would not be fresh food shortages in the eve...

UK Shop Price Inflation 'Held At Bay' In July, BRC-Nielsen Data Finds

Shop price inflation across the UK stood at -0.1% in the month of July, according to the latest BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index. This was below the 12-mont...

BRC Calls On New British PM To Assist Struggling Retailers

The British Retail Consortium has called on new UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to 'support the successful reinvention of retail locations and local commun...

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...

UK Grocers, Restaurants Warn Of Major Disruption From No-Deal Brexit

Britain's food security could be threatened if it leaves the EU without a deal and suffers an abrupt hit to trade with the bloc, a lobby group representing...

UK Shoppers Rein In Spending As Brexit Nears

British shoppers cut back on spending in the three months to December for the first time since last spring, adding to evidence of a consumer slowdown as Br...