Tag Archives: High Street Sales Tracker

High street sales dampened by storms and coronavirus fears

While storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge hit the UK and coronavirus gripped global headlines, Britain’s high street retailers suffered a battering with the seventh consecutive February of falling in-store like-for-like sales, figures released by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP yesterday (Friday March 6) reveal. According to BDO’s High …

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Homewares category makes ‘valiant recovery’ in July

Soaring temperatures failed to boost sales on the high street in July but resulted in the strongest online sales growth in 18 months, as consumers clicked for a fast-fashion summer wardrobe fix. According to the High Street Sales Tracker (HSST), published today (Friday August 9) by accountancy and business advisory …

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Homeware is ‘lone bright spot’ on high street, says BDO

Like-for-like in-store sales fell by -0.8% in June, according to the High Street Sales Tracker published by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO. BDO said: ‘The poor performance comes from a weak benchmark of -1.7% for the same period last year and is a further blow to a struggling high …

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