Like-For-Like Sales
This coverage examines like-for-like sales performance in the UK petcare industry, offering analysis relevant to retailers, wholesalers, and supply chain operators. Pet Gazette reports on financial results, trading updates, and market trends that reflect year-on-year sales performance excluding new store openings. Our coverage helps pet trade professionals understand business health, benchmark against competitors, and assess market conditions affecting retail and supply operations.
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Jun- 2020 -5 JuneBusiness
Online sales reach 10-year high
British retailers recorded a 10-year high for online sales in May while the continued lockdown measures kept high streets empty, according to new figures by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO. According to BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker (HSST), total like-for-like sales, consisting of both in-store and non-store sales, declined…
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Jan- 2019 -4 JanuaryFeatures
Seven ways to measure success
As we wind down from the busiest time of year in the pet care sector, we need to give thought to our successes over the past 12 months and how to quantify them. If you have been rushed off your feet with the general running of your enterprise, or lost…
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Jul- 2018 -6 JulyRetailers
Retail sales fall for fifth consecutive month
Retail sales fell for the fifth month in a row in June, data from BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker has shown. Total in-store like-for-like sales were down 1.7 percent compared with last year, when the figures rose 1.3 percent. It is also the ninth consecutive month that sales growth figures…
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Feb- 2018 -9 FebruaryRetailers
UK high street sees ‘glacial growth’ in January
In the month of January, total like-for-like sales were up by 0.6% compared to 0.1% for the same month last year, according to business advisory firm BDO’s High Street Tracker report. Excluding the drop in January 2017, the growth this month for the traditional sales season was still the lowest…
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Jan- 2018 -19 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
Pets Corner to invest £9m in new stores
Pets Corner plans to invest £9m over the next three years in new stores and rolling out over 60 of its pet grooming spa, Dogwood. The company also reported that over 98 percent of its sales are attributed to its network of 149 stores, rather than online. Reporting on its financial highlights…
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Aug- 2017 -8 AugustCurrent Affairs
Pets at Home reports five percent growth
Pets at Home has reported a strong start to the year, with first quarter revenues up by 5 percent to £256.5m. The company announced that it is on track with plans open around 10 superstores, 40-50 vet practices and 40-50 grooming salons this year. Ben Flint, a market analyst at www.cityindex.co.uk, said: “Investors may…
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Jul- 2017 -7 JulyCurrent Affairs
Heatwave causes boost in high street sales
UK sales have risen by 1.3 percent, a partial rebound from last years’ poor result, due to the heatwave. According to BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker (HSST), UK retailers saw June’s overall like-for-like trading grow by 1.3 percent. Shoppers turned to the highstreet to update their summer wardrobe with fashion sales growing…
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Apr- 2017 -12 AprilIndustry News
BRC: Retail sales growth hits six-year low
UK retail sales have decreased 1 percent on a like-for-like basis, a report by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has revealed. The latest BRC – KPMG Retail Sales Monitor – covering the five weeks from 26 February to 1 April – found total retail sales fell by 0.2 percent in…
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7 AprilIndustry News
UK retailers fail to lift sales despite higher footfall
Despite a positive footfall level for March, UK retailers failed to grow sales. According to BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker (HSST), UK retailers have failed to grow sales for the fourth month in a row, with like-for-like sales flat (0 percent) in March despite warmer weather and Mother’s day seeing…
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Nov- 2014 -13 NovemberEditorial
Get, set, go! Is your store ready for the Christmas rush?
It’s here. Christmas advertising is out in force as Tesco, Aldi, Boots and Marks & Spencer become just a few of the companies to try and entice us into stores. To smaller retailers the outlays may sound hefty. John Lewis’ much-anticipated ad, featuring Monty the Penguin, cost £1 million to…
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