Retail Sales
Retail sales are a key driver of the UK jewellery trade, reflecting consumer trends, seasonal peaks, and broader economic conditions. For jewellers, suppliers, and manufacturers, monitoring retail performance is crucial to planning inventory, marketing, and growth strategies. Jewellery Focus provides comprehensive coverage on retail sales, including market analysis, sales figures, consumer behaviour insights, and strategies for maximising performance in-store and online.
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Feb- 2014 -27 FebruaryEconomy
H&T pawnbrokers’ 2013 full year profits dip 60%
The UK’s largest pawnbroking group, H&T, has revealed that pre-tax profits slumped a hefty 60 per cent to £6.7m, for the full year to 31 December 2013. Total sales for the full year were £49.9m, down by 19.9 per cent compared with the previous year’s £62.3m. The figures come as…
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Jan- 2014 -7 JanuaryEconomy
H&T Group announces 18% profit increase
Pawnbroker group H&T has announced an 18% jump in profits despite a rapidly falling gold price. A 29 per cent drop in the gold price over the last 12 months has had an impact on the business with reduced earnings from both gold purchasing and pawnbroking scrap. The H&T Group…
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Aug- 2013 -6 AugustRetailers
Heat wave and summer sales boost high street
Retail sales rose for the first time since February, according to the CBI’s latest Distributive Trades Survey revealed that July saw retail sales first rise since February. The monthly survey of 60 retailers found year-on-year high street sales this month grew at a faster pace than expected, after a flat…
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Jun- 2013 -26 JuneRetailers
Retail sales flat but expected to pick up
Retailers expect sales to pick up next month, after stagnant volumes in the 12 months to June, according to the CBI’s latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey.
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20 JuneRetailers
Retail sales show promising increase for May
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released figures showing a 1.9 per cent year-on-year increase in sales in the retail sector for May – the highest level on record since 2003.
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Mar- 2013 -27 MarchEconomy
Retailers expect April pick-up after halt in sales growth
Retailers anticipate sales growth to pick up next month following flat sales in March, the CBI’s Distributive Trades Survey has reported.
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6 MarchEconomy
UK retail sales grow at fastest rate for years in February
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has reported that retail sales in the UK grew at their fastest rate for more than three years in February.
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Feb- 2013 -27 FebruaryEconomy
Retail sales growth continues but momentum slows
Retailers reported a year-on-year growth in sales volumes in the first half of February, the CBI has revealed.
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12 FebruaryEconomy
Retail spend predicted to rise 26 per cent by 2022
Retail spend will rise to £377 billion over the next decade, a new report has suggested.
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Jan- 2013 -25 JanuaryEconomy
Retail sales growth slows in January
The CBI’s first monthly Distributive Trades Survey of 2013 revealed that retail sales growth slowed in January.
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