British Retail Consortium

Retail Businesses Urge Government To Tackle Increasing 50% Theft And Abuse Cases

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Retail Businesses Urge Government To Tackle Increasing 50% Theft And Abuse Cases

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been urged to implement tougher measures against attacks on retail workers. Retail employees are also calling on the government to make assaulting or abusing retail workers a criminal offence, ensuring that all perpetrators are met with arrests, financial punishments, and in some cases, prison sentences. Since police data for one … Read more

UK Retail Landscape Faces Challenges as December 2023 Sales Slow Down

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UK Retail Landscape Faces Challenges as December 2023 Sales Slow Down

In December 2023, the UK retail sector experienced a notable slowdown in growth, with total sales registering a 1.7 per cent increase, a significant dip from the 6.9 per cent growth observed in the same month of the previous year (2022). This figure not only fell below the three-month average growth of 2.3 per cent … Read more