British Retail Consortium

UK Consumers Hit The Shops After Early 2018 Freeze: Surveys

UK consumers ramped up their spending in May after a snowbound start to the year, two surveys showed on Tuesday, the latest suggestion that the overall eco...

UK Retailers Making ‘Good Progress’ In Response To Sugar Tax

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has said that UK retailers are ‘fully committed’ to improving the health of their consumers, following the...

UK Consumer Spending Wilts In March: Surveys

UK consumer spending wilted under heavy snow in March, according to surveys on Tuesday that added to signs the economy probably slowed at the start of 2018...

UK Shoppers 'Stocked Up' On Alcohol, Frozen Foods During Winter Storms, Study Finds

British shoppers, affected by the Siberian-like weather that hit the country in late February/early March, visited stores less often during the winter stor...

BRC: UK Government Should Do 'All It Can' To Prevent Future Price Hikes

The British Retail Consortium has said that the UK government should do 'all it can' in forthcoming trade talks with the EU, to ensure that the pain of rec...

Retail Pay On The Increase In UK, BRC Finds

The average hourly pay in the UK retail sector is up 4.6% in 2017, according to the British Retail Consortium’s analysis of the recent ONS Annual Sur...

Retail Search Volumes On Smartphones Increasing: BRC

The British Retail Consortium has said that increased numbers of shoppers are searching for retail brands via their smartphones, with search volumes on sai...

Sunshine Boosts U.K. Consumption As Quarterly Retail Sales Rise

U.K. retail sales rebounded in the second quarter, climbing the most since 2013 as warm weather tempted shoppers, according to the British Retail Consortiu...