British Retail Consortium
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) plays a key role in supporting the UK retail sector, including jewellers, through advocacy, policy development, and industry standards. For jewellery trade professionals, understanding BRC initiatives helps navigate regulatory changes, consumer trends, and challenges facing the wider retail landscape. Jewellery Focus provides coverage on BRC updates, reports, campaigns, and insights into how its work impacts jewellers, suppliers, and stakeholders across the industry.
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Mar- 2012 -7 MarchTrade Organisations
BRC urges greater urgency for single online retail market
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) will host its Multichannel Retailing conference today, lobbying the UK government to put pressure on Europe to create the single European online retail market.
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Nov- 2011 -29 NovemberEconomy
BRC study highlights economic promise of retail industry
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has published "comprehensive new evidence" on retailing's importance to kick-starting growth and job creation. The research, entitled UK Retailing: leading globally, serving locally, "brings together data on all facets of retailing for the first time."
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Oct- 2011 -27 OctoberEconomy
RPI inflation could result in £350 million business rates rise
The new retail prices index (RPI) inflation figure suggests the possibility of a business rate increase of £350 million for retailers next April, which is the equivalent of at least 16,000 jobs in the sector. As a standard, business rates in England, Scotland and Wales rise every April in…
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19 OctoberUncategorized
Plans for single online shopping law backed by BRC
A new optional sales law that would apply throughout the EU is “good news for customers and UK retailers,” said the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The European Commission has published its proposals for a Common European Sales Law which would allow businesses trading online to make sales under a…
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Jul- 2011 -12 JulyUncategorized
BRC: retail sales show “modest improvement”
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) today reported year-on-year retail sales increased to June 2011. The figures, released by the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor – which measures changes in the actual value of retail sales – showed a “modest improvement” of 1.5 per cent in non-food retail sales.
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