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Worst is yet to come for retailers as debt-collecting commercial landlords begin to circle

News Retail by Sam Lewis on 1st June 2021

BRC reveals retailers' fears if £2.9bn total commercial rent debt is to be demanded from end of June as Government moratorium set to end

Footfall figures ‘a step in the right direction’ but demand ‘still fragile’, insists retail expert

News Retail by Sam Lewis on 25th May 2021

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Commenting on the recently released Office for National Statistics (ONS) retail footfall figures for April, British Retail Consortium (BRC) chief

Jewellery sector sees ‘outstanding growth figures’ in retail footfall in weeks after reopening

News Retail by Sam Lewis on 13th May 2021

'High streets still have a long way to go on the path to recovery', however, according to BRC chief exec Helen Dickinson

Shop vacancies continue to increase as 1 in 7 now empty

News Retail by Sam Lewis on 4th May 2021

Overall GB vacancy rate increased to 14.1% in first quarter of the year, up from 13.7% in the previous quarter, BRC reported

West End retail footfall at 86% of Christmas 2020 peak but shop prices still falling

News Retail by Sam Lewis on 29th April 2021

Experts not concerned by dropping shop prices in wake of reopening and say 'we will start to see a rebalancing of consumer spend'

BRC calls on shoppers to be ‘respectful’ to staff as stores reopen across England and Wales

News Retail by Sam Lewis on 12th April 2021

This comes after a reported 'surge in violence' towards shop staff caused by the enforcement of Covid-safety measures

‘Surge in violence against shopworkers must end’ say campaigners ahead of reopening

News Retail by Sam Lewis on 9th April 2021

USDAW and BRC fear for shopworkers' safety as shoppers return to high streets on Monday and staff are once more asked to enforce social distancing restrictions

Shop prices continue to fall due to ‘low demand and intense competition’

News Retail by Sam Lewis on 1st April 2021

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BRC chief exec Helen Dickinson said that 'prices of fashion and footwear have seen double digit declines in 11 of the past 12 months'

Retailers have lost out on ‘whopping’ £27 billion since first lockdown

News Retail by Sam Lewis on 30th March 2021

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has shown that the retail sector has missed out on around £27

Shoppers begin to loosen purse strings in advance of April retail return

News Retail by Sam Lewis on 11th March 2021

A 1% sales growth through February will have non-essential retailers hoping that shoppers are ready to return to high streets next month

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