UK retail total sales growth slowed in September, rising by just 0.6% compared with growth of 5.6% in September 2020.
A new online portal gives assistive technology retailers access to up to 2 million people a year for free.
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While footfall at the start of September was strong, it slowed over the course of the month, as rainfall and fuel supply issues convinced consumers to stay at home.
Four in five retailers face store closures unless the government reduces the business rates burden, a BRC report has found.
Bodies representing thousands tens of thousands of retail and hospitality businesses have called on MPs to provide protection against anti-competitive card payment practices.
The retail sector has finally received some “positive news” this week after footfall data was released regarding England and Wales’ Bank Holiday weekend.
Violence and abuse against shop workers has increased by 7% to 455 incidents a day this year, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported a small boost to retail job numbers since the start of the pandemic.
Total UK retail footfall began to recover in April as shops reopened, the latest data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) shows.
Change needed 'from an ethical and a commercial standpoint', as two in three disabled Brits report shopping centre accessibility is not good enough
