Retail Sales
This coverage examines retail sales trends within the UK petcare industry, providing insights for retailers, wholesalers, distributors, and supply chain operators. Pet Gazette reports on sales performance data, consumer spending patterns, seasonal trading impacts, and category-specific results, alongside case studies from pet businesses across the market. Our coverage helps pet trade professionals assess demand, forecast performance, and adapt strategies to maximise sales opportunities.
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May- 2017 -24 MayIndustry News
Online sales slow according to new data
Year-on-year internet sales growth has slowed and fallen below the long-run average, according to the latest CBI Quarterly Distributive Trades Survey. Retail sales were broadly flat in the year to May following strong growth in April. The survey of 117 respondents also found that orders placed with suppliers fell modestly…
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Apr- 2017 -21 AprilCurrent Affairs
UK retail sales drop as inflation rises
UK retail sales dropped by 1.8% in March marking the largest year on year decline since 2010 and exceeding economists’ predictions of a 0.5% decline. Coinciding with the rise of inflation, the volume of goods sold in store and online fell 1.4% in the first quarter of the year. The…
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19 AprilCurrent Affairs
Spring brings a rise in shopper footfall
Footfall in March grew 1.3 percent on the previous year, the fastest growth since March 2014, reported the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The new figures are well above the three-month average of -0.2 percent. However, the new numbers are partly credited to a calendar distortion; March 2016 included Easter Sunday,…
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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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Mar- 2017 -27 MarchCurrent Affairs
Retail sales rise despite Brexit
Retail sales increased by 3.7 percent in comparison to February 2016. The quantity bought also increased by 1.4 percent in February in comparrison to January 2017. Online sales have also increased year-on-year by 20.7 percent and it now accounts for approximately 15.3 percent of all retail spending. Commenting on the…
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Dec- 2016 -15 DecemberCurrent Affairs
Retail sales increase in Britain
Retail sales in Britain increased by 5.9 percent in November compared with November 2015, according to the Office for National Statistics. All store types showed growth with the largest contribution coming from non-store retailing. Although many claimed that ‘Black Friday’ events may not have been popular, sales were boosted by…
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Nov- 2016 -25 NovemberCurrent Affairs
UK predicted to spend £6.77bn online over Black Friday period
The UK will spend £1.27bn with web-based retailers on Black Friday, says online retail association IMRG. IMRG forecasts total online expenditure of £6.77bn over the Black Friday peak period from Monday 21 to Monday 28 November 2016. The figures are based on UK online retail sales data from IMRG and…
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Aug- 2016 -25 AugustLatest News
Peckish sees sales increase by £2m and launches autumn birdcare collection
Peckish has revealed a new autumn birdcare collection. It promises to help ‘your sales soar’, with a natural seed mix, suet cake value pack, feeders and nestboxes. The products follow a big year for Peckish, which saw a £2m increase in sales. New consumers were welcomed into the birdcare market with…
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25 AugustCurrent Affairs
Peckish sees sales increase by £2m and launches autumn birdcare collection
Peckish has revealed a new autumn birdcare collection. It promises to help ‘your sales soar’, with a natural seed mix, suet cake value pack, feeders and nestboxes. The products follow a big year for Peckish, which saw a £2m increase in sales. New consumers were welcomed into the birdcare market with…
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Jul- 2016 -19 JulyCurrent Affairs
Great British High Street competition open for entries
High streets minister Marcus Jones has called on communities across the country to enter their villages, towns and cities into the Great British High Street competition 2016. For the third year running, the competition celebrates the great work that is being done to revive, adapt and diversify the nation’s high streets…
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