Tag: Scottish Retail Consortium
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...
Food stays good says Scotmid
Scotmid saw its profit dip last year. In all the circumstances, says chief executive John Brodie, it was a reasonable result.
AS reported in the...
Chill goes on as deals hit prices
Late Easter distorts sales figures but first three months show Scotland well behind UK performance
MARCH was a poor month for food retailers across Scotland,...
Food sales slump in February chill
Like-for-likes down more than 3% as competition and margin pressures lead to the biggest drop this century
A WET, windy February brought bitter news for...
