Helen Dickinson news, features and comment – Page 30
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NewsCity snapshot: High street sees first Christmas footfall rise in five years
Continuing the surprisingly strong festive retail results of last week, the BRC – Springboard footfall numbers for December have found the first festive rise in high street footfall for five years. Plus a look at the week ahead and all the latest news from the City.
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Grocer Top Products Survey 2017: Up!
A plummeting pound has sent food & drink prices flying, with 93 of the 114 sectors analysed in our annual roundup inflating
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NewsChristmas sales uplift taken to the wire by shoppers
BRC/KPMG figures reveal week leading up to 25 December was “bumper period exceeding expectations”
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NewsCity snapshot: Morrisons sales grow at fastest pace for seven years
Morrisons has upgraded full-year profit expectations after recording its strongest performance for seven years
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NewsCity Snapshot: Deflation eases again as ambient prices rise
Deflation continued to ease in December, according to the monthly BRC-Nielsen shop price index, with overall shop prices down 1.4%
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NewsCity snapshot: Black Friday fails to halt retail footfall decline
Retail footfall fell 1% during November despite the Black Friday sales event, with high street footfall dropping for its third consecutive month
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NewsCity snapshot: Food drives November retail sales rise as Black Friday falls flat
UK retail sales were up 0.6% like-for-like in November, driven by a strong rise in total food sales as Black Friday failed to boost general merchandise sales. Plus the rest of this morning’s news from the City
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NewsFood price deflation slows significantly
Inflationary pressures squeezing suppliers are beginning to filter through to the supermarkets as food price deflation slowed significantly in November, the latest BRC – Nielsen shop price index reveals.
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NewsAutumn Statement 2016: Snap industry reaction
Following this afternoon’s autumn statement announcement by the chancellor Philip Hammond, here is a round-up of comments from industry figures on the likely effect on the UK economy over the next fiscal year
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NewsCity snapshot: Marks & Spencer pins turnaround hopes on food
Marks & Spencer is planning to accelerate the rollout of its food stores and reduce its clothing offer as it seeks to turn around the struggling business and rebuild profits
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NewsCity snapshot: Food prices continue to fall despite Brexit
Food prices continued to fall in October as grocers slug it out in fresh produce aisles, but ambient products move closer to inflationary territory, according to latest BRC-Nielsen index …
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NewsMobile drives boom in online searches for food & drink
Smartphone search for meat and poultry were up 43% in Q3 compared to last year
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Analysis & FeaturesTrading disputes: the price of Brexit Britain
As The Grocer revealed earlier this week, fmcg giant Unilever stopped deliveries to Tesco
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NewsBrexit has damaged business, say food & drink suppliers
More than two-thirds of suppliers are less confident about the business environment after the EU referendum
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NewsCity Snaphot: BRC/KPMG record best quarter for food retail since 2013
Total food sales rose 1.6% in the three months to 1 October, according to the September BRC/KPMG Retail Sales Monitor …
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NewsEU workers 'deserve certainty' says BRC's Helen Dickinson
Dickinson said the BRC was campaigning for a “fair deal for EU colleagues”
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NewsFood deflation reaches record low in September
Rate of deflation appears to be accelerating – rising from 1.1% in August to 1.3% in September
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NewsCity snapshot: Tesco recovery on track as sales rise 3.3%
Tesco will set out further plans later this morning for the next stage of its recovery after a third straight quarter of like-for-like sales growth
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NewsSummer sun and Rio success boosts food sales
Team GB’s Olympic gold rush and clear blue skies in August have helped food retailers put in their best performance for more than two years.
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NewsHigh street footfall creeps up despite predictions of doom
BRC figures also show the national town centre vacancy rate rose to 10.1%