Tag: Scottish Retail Consortium
Snow joke
Chilly April and early Easter mean sales slip again
But food drops less than before as clothing is hit
APRIL 2016 proved yet another poor retail...
Retailers warn on rate poundage increases
SRC says massive shift to business charges as source of local government funding takes no account of trading circumstances and the effect on retail...
Big and small budget story
Small business bonus kept, large business charge up
Swinney announces commercial rates system review
SMALL shops and other businesses with low rateable values learned they were...
Rates set to vary
SHOPS of similar size and rateable value in different parts of Scotland could find themselves paying significantly different commercial rates after the country’s local...
Deflation takes food down 2.6%
There appears to be no let-up in the tough times faced by food retailers in Scotland.
According to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium/ KPMG Scottish...
Easter shift sees 5% dip
Food sales sharply down but retail monitor team says three-month average is best for more than a year.
SUCCESS in the grocery sector is currently...
Earlier Easter boosts food
MARCH was a good month for Scotland’s food retailers, with sales helped along by the timing of Easter, according to the regular survey carried...
Industry makes its budget case
• Greater predictability sought over the minimum wage
• Calls for measures to encourage retail investment
WITH the budget just around the corner industry bodies have been putting...
Food falls but is best sector
DESPITE being down 1.4% on the same month a year earlier, food sales in Scotland during January 2015 recorded their best performance since June...
Retail pitches 2020 vision
THE Scottish Retail Consortium used its Holyrood Parliamentary Reception, last month, to launch a new set of commitments for environmental sustainability, including targets to...
Black Friday fails to boost food
• Footfall jumps as deep discount offers attract shoppers
• But food and drink registers seventh straight decline
THE number of people visiting stores in Scotland increased in...
Murphy to lead retail body
ANDREW Murphy, retail director at John Lewis, is the new chairman of the Scottish Retail Consortium. Murphy took on the role on 1 January...
Time to get back to work
SCOTLAND’S people have voted to remain a part of the United Kingdom and now, the country’s independent retailers have been left to consider what...
Summer food sales slide
SCOTLAND’S food retailers have continued to see a fall in sales, according to the Scottish Retail Consortium and accountant KPMG.
Figures for August show food...
Not a flaming June for food
Continuing discount promos and a cool start to the school holidays mean sales move down again
FOOD sales in Scotland continued to struggle in June,...
Late Easter saves sluggish sales
Lacklustre seasonal boost means underlying food sales are in decline
Holyrood says first quarter retail growth shows economy is in steady growth
A late Easter...
