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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.

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.

Retail employment falls 2.3%, 14th consecutive quarter of decline

Retail employment has fallen by 2.3% during the three-month period ending 30 June, marking…

Retail footfall ‘slumps’ in June

Footfall declined by 2.9% in June, attributed to the “exceptional and ongoing disruptive…

‘Worst June on record’ for retail sales, says BRC

On a total basis, sales decreased by 1.3% in June, against an increase of 2.3% in June 2018,…

Shop prices turn deflationary for first time since October 2018

Shop prices have turned deflationary for the first time since October 2018, according to the…

Footfall ‘plummets’ in May

Footfall declined by 3.5% in May, compared with the same point last year when it declined by…

Retail sales in May see ‘biggest decline on record’

Sales decreased by 2.7% in May on a total basis, excluding Easter distortions, making it the…

Retail sales ‘below expectation’ in April

Retail sales fell below expectations in April, despite a total sales increase of 4.1%…

74,400 retail jobs lost in first three months of 2019

The retail sector saw a 2.4% year-on-year drop in the number of employees in the first…

BRC calls to end business rates hike

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has said action is needed to “protect shops and jobs” as…

Chapelle enters administration

Jewellery and watch retailer Chapelle has entered into administration, four years after it…
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