Tag: Scottish Retail Consortium
A slither of growth for grocery
Scottish food sales enjoyed a modest increase in July, up 1.8% on the previous year .
Town centres struggle
Almost one in ten town centre units lay vacant this summer, according to figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium .
Scottish sales ‘very troubling’
Retailers in Scotland have seen another month of disappointing sales .
New look for alcohol group
The Scottish Alcohol Industry Partnership has relaunched with a brand new website and logo .
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 .
Highest rates since 1999
Business rate poundage is now at its highest level for 20 years .
Success for Scottish food sales
After a disappointing March, food sales in Scotland are once again performing well .
Everything included in Scotland’s DRS
No automatic exemptions, glass included and a 20p deposit .
SRC fires shots over food price
Government policy compounds rises
Food sales falling in Scotland
Total food sales in Scotland for the five weeks to 30 March were in year-on-year decline, bucking the recent trends of food price inflation
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 .
No deal Brexit chaos would be a disaster for British retail industry
THE Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has warned that retailers would take a massive hit should the UK exit the European Union without some kind of deal
Rising costs fuel job loss
SRC claims public policy hurting retail
Heavy criticism of promo plans
Trade associations slam ScotGov plans
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
