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Brighter news for Scottish retail
The retail picture across Scotland is looking a little brighter as we head into the crucial Christmas trading period
Food solid but retail still struggles
Food sales continue to buck the trend in Scottish retail.
Food feels inflation
Compared with last year, food sales in Scotland increased by 2.4% for the four weeks to 24 August .
A slither of growth for grocery
Scottish food sales enjoyed a modest increase in July, up 1.8% on the previous year .
Scottish sales ‘very troubling’
Retailers in Scotland have seen another month of disappointing sales .
Concerns for Scottish retail
Grocery sales in Scotland recorded their weakest performance in two and a half years for the four week period to 25 May .
Success for Scottish food sales
After a disappointing March, food sales in Scotland are once again performing well .
Scottish sales suffer a setback
After a slight recovery in January, Scottish sales fell back again in February
‘Glimmer of hope’ for Scottish retail
After a worryingly poor Christmas season, Scottish retail saw a more positive January – with a 2% like-for-like sales increase on the year before .
Worst Scottish Christmas in 20 years
Grocery sales might have been performing reasonably well, but for Scottish retail as a whole, December 2018 was the worst since the global financial meltdown of 2008
Sales worst for nearly two years
Sales decreased by 2.1% on a like-for-like basis compared to November 2017
Food flourishing in Scottish stores
Food sales continue to perform well across Scotland
Bumper summer for Scot sales
Total food sales were the fuel behind Scottish retail sales growth for the four weeks to 28 July 2018 .
A strong summer in Scotland
MATCHING trends across the UK, the extended good weather of early summer saw total sales in Scotland across June increase by 2.7% year on year
Relief for retailers as sales rise
FOLLOWING the disappointment of April, retailers in Scotland saw like for like sales increase by 1.8% in May compared to the same month in 2017.
A five year low for April sales
RETAILERS in Scotland experienced their toughest month in five years in April according to the latest figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium and KPMG.
