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Latest retail news stories

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Fall in Retail Activity Hits New Plateau - Not Expected to Get Much Worse - 07/05/2008

Latest figures from the Retail Traffic Index (RTI) by analysts SPSL, now part of global research company Synovate, show that the number of non-food shopping trips in April was 4 ...Read More

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March Piles More Gloom on the High Streets - 09/04/2008

Figures from the Retail Traffic Index (RTI) by analysts SPSL, now part of global research company Synovate, show that the month of March follows the downbeat results from the Easter fortnight ...Read More

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Retail Footfall Suffers Badly over Easter Fortnight - 01/04/2008

Figures from the Retail Traffic Index (RTI) by analysts SPSL, now part of global research company Synovate, show a significant 9 ...Read More

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News Archive

...Select a news story Fall in Retail Activity Hits New Plateau - Not Expected to Get Much Worse - 07/05/2008March Piles More Gloom on the High Streets - 09/04/2008Retail Footfall Suffers Badly over Easter Fortnight - 01/04/2008Poor Easter Fortnight for Retail Predicted; Shoppers Down 5.2% on Easter 2007 - 18/03/2008RTI Figures Show North/South Divide Continuing; Shopper Behaviour Changing - 10/03/2008RTI Figures for January Show Opening Up of North/South Divide - 07/02/2008Final RTI Figures for December Explain Early Sales - 03/01/2008“Sale of all Sales” Creates Record Shopper Surge - 28/12/2007Shoppers Treat Retailers to Some Extra Goodwill on Christmas Eve - 27/12/2007Bumpy Christmas Points to New Year’s Bargains - 24/12/2007Crunch, What Crunch? Shopper Numbers Up. - 19/12/2007Shopper Numbers Slip on Last Year’s - 12/12/2007Synovate Acquires Retail Specialist SPSL - 11/12/2007Retail Footfall Tracks Last Year, But Strongly Up Week on Week - 06/12/2007Retail Footfall Holding Up Well - 30/11/2007Retail Psychologist Says Stow Festive Themes until Closer to Christmas - 01/11/2007Rugby, F1 and now even Retail Disappointment - 22/10/2007Time for Retailers to Show Their Mettle - 08/10/2007Bank Holiday Flop for Retailers - 28/08/2007Retailers Stave-off Consumer Tipping Point but for How Long? - 01/08/2007The Mixed Messages of June Footfall - 10/07/2007Shopping Rained-Off in May - 13/06/2007April Bloomed in Store - 03/05/2007It's Spring Time for Retail - 04/04/2007The Luck's Gone Out of Retailing - 06/03/2007January: A Quick Burst of Sale Fever Followed by Retail Restraint - 05/02/2007A Year of Rebalance and Resilience - 18/01/2007December’s Retail Verdict: Shopper Numbers Hit SPSL’s Forecast - 05/01/2007Promising Start to the Sales, Says SPSL - 29/12/2006Christmas Rush Peaks Earlier Than Predicted, Says SPSL - 27/12/2006Christmas Rush Continues, But Still Behind 2005, Says SPSL - 22/12/2006Christmas ‘Rush Curve’ Continues to Outpace 2005 Says SPSL - 14/12/2006Christmas Shopping Over the Weekend Overtakes Last Year Says SPSL - 12/12/2006Christmas Retail ‘Rush Curve’ Now Faster Than Last Year Says SPSL - 07/12/2006Christmas Retail Rush Starts At Last Claims SPSL - 04/12/2006Christmas No Retail Disaster Yet Says SPSL - 04/12/2006Placid October Makes Way for ‘Carpe Diem’ Christmas - 13/11/2006Christmas trading will not deliver the respite that UK retail craves - 12/10/2006Credit-Stretched Consumers Curb Their Shopping - 09/10/2006Interest Rate Rise Hits Retail Hard - 04/09/2006Consumer Supertanker Finds New Cruising Speed - 02/08/2006SPSL Wins GLA Tender - 24/07/2006Retail Think Tank warns of fragile and nervous prospects for retail - 13/07/2006Congestion Zone Analysis Defeated by 7/7 - 07/07/2006KPMG and SPSL Jointly Launch The Retail Think Tank - 05/07/2006Retailers Endure World Cup Blues in June - 04/07/2006UK Retailers Suffer At the Hands of Portugal - 03/07/2006Shopper Numbers Suggest More Believe England Can Win - 12/06/2006Shopper Numbers Back in the Red but Decline May Be Slowing - 06/06/2006April Shopper Numbers Uplift ‘Just a Distortion’ - 04/05/2006Quietest Easter Fortnight This Decade - 28/04/2006A Late Easter Fails to Lift Retail Downturn - 19/04/2006Flip in Spending Causes Quietest February for Retailers - 03/03/2006Shopper Numbers Downturn Continues - 01/03/2006Valentine’s Day Shows New Year Spending - 16/02/2006Retailers Must Tighten Up, Toughen Up or Break the Mould. - 07/02/2006February Shopping Still Buoyant - 01/02/2006Interest Rates Bite as Retail Limps Into 2005 - 01/02/2006Sales' season starts with a bang, but the surge doesn't last long - 03/01/2006Shoppers Still Keep Retailers Guessing - 20/12/2005Christmas Retailers ‘Work for It’ - 14/12/2005London’s Retail Slump Ends - 14/12/2005KPMG: retailers still waiting for Christmas trading to accelerate - 08/12/2005Confounding Christmas Build-Up Has Begun - 06/12/2005Still much to play for in the run up to Christmas - 21/11/2005Worst October Shopper Numbers Since Records Began - 02/11/2005Shopping Squeeze Continues in September - 05/10/2005No Quick Fix for Oxford Street - 04/10/2005London Shopper Numbers No Better - 14/09/2005Shopper Numbers Down Again - 07/09/2005London Shopper Numbers Still Falling - 19/08/2005A Difficult July for Retail - 03/08/2005Shoppers Show ‘Ongoing Threat’ effect - 25/07/2005Latest Bombings Rock London Retail - 22/07/2005First Week’s Figures Prove Londoners’ Defiance - 15/07/2005London Bounces Back - 11/07/2005Bomb Attacks Hit Retail - 08/07/2005Early Summer Sales Lift Retail …For Now - 08/07/2005Easter Unease Ends Miserable March - 08/04/2005Early Easter a Challenge for Retailers - 23/03/2005CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BUILDS MOMENTUM - 01/12/2004Retailers’ Hold-the-Line Strategy is Working - 01/12/2004Christmas Goes To the Wire - 01/12/2004On The Last Days of Christmas… - 01/12/2004SPSL wins O2 contract - 01/11/2004Short, Sharp, Sizzle Campaigns Fail to Spark Christmas Shopping, but no Freeze is Forecast - 01/11/2004Shopping Spree Continues into June - 01/07/2004Shopper Numbers Continue to Rise, but House Owners Grow More Cautious - 01/06/2004Royal Stationer Smythson Improves Customer Knowledge with SPSL - 01/04/2004First Figures Out Show March Shopper - 01/04/2004Shoppers Avoid Regional Shopping Centres Under Terrorist Threat - 01/04/2004Optical Express Installs SPSL Customer Counting - 01/03/2004January Shopping Boom - 01/02/2004Final December Analysis - Shoppers End 2003 on a High, as Predicted - 01/01/2004UK shoppers left disappointed over product “no-shows” as retail traffic remains down on last year - 19/12/2003Retail Traffic Figures Take Off - 09/12/2003Retail Traffic Figures Show Unexpectedly Big Lift in the Last Week of November….....and the birth of - 02/12/2003Retail Traffic Figures Climb - 01/12/2003Retail Traffic Figures Show More Anguish for Retailers - 25/11/2003Retail Traffic Figures Predict Cat & Mouse Christmas - 20/11/2003Disappointing September No Fillip for Retailers - 05/10/2003August Heatwave Leaves Its Mark On Retail - 01/09/2003Retail Traffic Still Strong - 01/08/2003Shopping Slowing But August Still Hits Five Year High - 01/08/2003Retail Traffic Up! - 11/07/2003Retailer Woes Continue and London Suffers Most - 01/06/2003A Year of Trading Benevolently - 11/02/2003

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