A rise in employers' national insurance contributions (NICs) is expected to add £2.5bn to retailers' costs in 2025, following ...

The Budget is not the only challenge retailers are facing, with weak consumer confidence and low consumer demand also an ...

An exodus of retail business from Bournemouth's High Street is sparking fears that the popular seaside resort is becoming a ...

The BRC poll of 52 chief financial officers found 70 are ‘pessimistic’ or ‘very pessimistic’ about trading conditions over the coming ...

Two thirds of the nation’s top retailers have warned they will have to raise prices to cope with rising tax bills triggered ...

Two thirds of British retailers will raise prices this year in response to higher employer social security costs introduced ...

It had the worst Christmas sales since 2015, and tried to cling on to some positivity by shouting about its sales improving ...

Shares plunged as boss Stuart Machin also cautioned of an ‘uncertain’ economic picture, taking the shine off bumper Christmas trading.

UK retailers are bracing for a significant cost increase in 2025, estimated at £7bn, due to higher employer national ...

The BRC said there was ‘little hope of prices going anywhere but up’ amid higher national insurance, National Living Wage and ...

The BRC-NielsenIQ shop price index, which covers December 1 to December 7, was down 1.0% from a year before, with price drops accelerating from November's 0.6% fall. December's figure compared to a ...

There is "little hope" of food prices "going anywhere but up" in the second half of 2025 due to changes announced in the ...