Consumer Spending

Footfall drops 3.1% in last fortnight

Footfall over the last two weeks ended 8 December has averaged -3.1% below the same weeks last year according to…

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Pandora reports 15% organic growth in Q2 2024

Pandora has reported a 15% increase in Q2 2024 organic growth to DKK 6.77bn (£744m), comprising Like-for-like (LFL) growth of…

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Cold weather chills consumer spending in June

UK Total retail sales decreased by 0.2% year on year in June, against an increase of 4.9% in June 2023,…

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De Beers sees revenues drop to $2.8bn in H1

De Beers has revealed that its total revenue decreased to $2.8bn (£2.19bn), with rough diamond sales decreasing to $2.5bn (£1.96bn),…

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De Beers sees demand fall in 2022 despite rising revenues

De Beers has announced that it saw a negative demand growth in 2022 as a result of increased Covid restrictions…

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Consumer confidence improves for first time in 15 months

UK consumer confidence in the final quarter of 2022 improved by half (+0.6) a percentage point, according to the latest…

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Retail sales rise 6.9% over Christmas

The BRC has reported that sales on a total basis increased by 6.9% in December 2022, compared with the prior…

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De Beers rough diamond production falls 4%

The De Beers Group has reported that rough diamond production fell by 4% to 7.9 million carats in the second…

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Cost of living crisis starts to impact sales, BRC finds

On a total basis, sales decreased by 1.0% in June, against an increase of 10.4% in June 2021, according to…

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Signet Q1 sales hit £1.4bn

Signet Jewellers has revealed its total sales increased 8.9% year-on-year to $1.8bn (£1.4bn) in the 13 weeks ended 30 April…

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