This year’s summer season could end up being more critical for the High Street than Christmas. Based on the latest retail market predictions, retailers can expect to see sales growth of between two and three per cent in May and June1, due to a pick-up in consumer spending attributed to...
At last, the outlook for consumer spending is looking up as figures from the Office for National Statistics released today show a 1.8pc month-on-month increase in retail sales volumes and a 3.3pc year-on-year rise. As has been well reported, consumers' wallets have stayed shut, but having maintained spending at post...
Retailers are preparing for a particularly chilly few weeks between now and the start of 2012 as low levels of consumer confidence are expected to continue to curtail spending over the festive season. November was a particularly bad month for retail sales. According to the British Retail Consortium’s monthly monitor,...
