Helen Dickinson
Shop price inflation eases for fifth consecutive month
Prices were 5.2% higher in October than a year earlier, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Nielsen Shop Price Index.
Confident consumers boost retail sales in August
Total UK retail sales were up 4.1% on last August, above the three-month average of 3.6%, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
Fresh food prices help retail inflation to slow in August, new figures suggest
The figures do not mean things are getting cheaper, but that prices are increasing at a slower rate than they did previously.
Superdrug in campaign to hire 500 new apprentices
HEALTH & beauty retailer Superdrug has launched a 'Rise Up to Level Up' campaign to recruit 500 apprentices in the current academic year for roles across its 790 stores in the UK and Ireland.
July washout helps drive down retail sales
Total UK retail sales increased by 1.5% in July, against a growth of 2.3% in July 2022, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
Food price inflation slows to lowest level this year
Overall, shop prices were 7.6 per cent higher in July than a year ago, slowing from 8.4 per cent in June, and also the lowest level this year.
Supermarkets to be quizzed by MPs amid pressure to pass on wholesale cuts
The latest figures from the BRC-NielsenIQ Shop Price Index show food price inflation still rising, but at a slower pace for the second month running.
At last . . . a crumb of comfort for households as food inflation eases for second month running
SOME of the economic gloom has eased at last for beleaguered Northern Ireland households with confirmation that food inflation has fallen for a second month running as supermarkets cut the price of kitchen cupboard staples.
Food inflation eases for second consecutive month
Shop price inflation overall slowed to 8.4% in June, down from 9% in May, according to the BRC-NielsenIQ Shop Price Index.
Signs emerge that food inflation is slowing at last
SIGNS are emerging that the rapidly rising increase in the price of food may have reached its peak as a survey of prices in shops suggested they fell between April and May.