Retail, Shopping & Consumer Spending News

Presents are under the tree, turkey is in the oven, the Queen is on the telly, and Dad is in the home office, filing his tax return. Now it feels like Christmas.HMRC has revealed that 3,003 miserable...

It’s easy to get caught up in a festive spending frenzy at this time of year. But if you’re not careful, you’ll find your bank balance a little bruised when the haze descends in January. Unless you’re...

Retail sales in the UK dropped by 0.6% in November, marking the fourth month in a row of falling sales, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Retail sales are also falling over the...

Although Christmas is an exciting time of the year, it is often not the best time for the environment. Through everything from the use of lights to massive consumption of food and other gifts, a lot...

Only 1 in 20 Black Friday deals offer products at their lowest price of the year, according to the consumer group Which?. The pre-Christmas shopping phenomenon known as ‘Black Friday’ returns this...

Widescale discounts and offers ahead of Christmas have helped to boost retail sales in the UK, according to recent data. The latest figures from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG has revealed...

British retailers have been building up record levels of stockpiling ahead of the UK’s departure from the EU, according to a recent survey. New data from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)...

Retail sales in the UK were flat in September as shoppers stayed cautious ahead of the Brexit deadline on October 31. According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS),...

People in the UK are now spending more on nights out on average than they have over the last three years, according to research. According to club and bar group Deltic, Brits spent an average of...

High street retailers saw their number of customers fall by 3.1% over the summer, according to the British Retail Consortium and Springboard. The latest figures from the data company and the BRC...