UK Shoppers

More Than 10% Of British Shops Vacant, Survey Shows

More than one-in-ten British shops now stand empty, reflecting recent widespread closures which are partly the result of the coronavirus crisis, a report o...

UK Shopper Numbers Boosted By State-Funded Dining Scheme

Shopper numbers across all British retail destinations rose 6% in the week to 29 August versus the week before, helped by the final full week of the govern...

UK Retail Sales Surge Past Pre-COVID Peak In July

British retail sales surged past their pre-coronavirus level in July, the first full month that shops selling non-essential goods were open since the count...

UK Shoppers Make Tentative Return To High Street In June, Retailers Say

British shoppers returned to the high street in June as the coronavirus lockdown eased, but overall numbers were much lower than normal for the time of yea...

British High Street Reeling As Another 5,000 Jobs Go

Two of the biggest names on the British high street said they would cut more than 5,000 jobs on Thursday after conceding that customers were unlikely to re...

UK Shop Prices Fall Again In June, But Less Than In May: BRC

Prices in shops in Britain fell again in June as retailers tried to lure shoppers out of their coronavirus caution but the size of the drop was smaller tha...

Visitors To UK Shops Remained More Than 80% Lower In May

Numbers of shoppers in Britain's high streets, retail parks and shopping centres in May were 81.6% lower that the same month a year ago as most non-food st...

Rising Food Costs Lift US Consumer Prices In February

US consumer prices unexpectedly rose in February but are likely to decline in the months ahead as the coronavirus outbreak depresses demand for some goods...