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April retail sales down, but show people ‘prepared to spend’
8 May, 2013
Retail sales struggled for much of April but picked up towards the of the month, the latest stats from the British Retail Consortium show. more...
Shopping centre footfall slips, high street edges up
3 May, 2013
Footfall through UK shopping centres slipped slightly in February, according to the latest data—but the pattern across the country was very uneven.more...
Customer lifetime value: A new metric to work with
23 April, 2013
Awash in a sea of data, operators are on the lookout for metrics that matter. The latest, 'Customer Lifetime Value', is big news across the pond. Is it just another management acronym or a crucial tool to deliver profitable growth? Scott Shaw explains how it works
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Vouchers: Not going away anytime soon
23 April, 2013
The public appetite for promotions and money-off vouchers shows no sign of diminishing—if anything there's a group of young, tech-savvy eaters-out who have no intention of kicking the habit. David Martin takes a look at the latest data
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Finer fast food: just a fad?
23 April, 2013
I have to admit, I’ve done my bit to extol the virtues of better burgers and what the in-demand Mike Palmer has christened “hipster pizza”—two current on- trend examples of everybody’s guilty fast-food secrets, now made acceptable to the middle classes and foodies alike, writes Alec Howard.
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The South rises: fried chicken reborn
23 April, 2013
Southern comfort food is making a comeback in the US, according to the States’ very own menu guru Nancy Kruse.
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It's the weather stupid
23 April, 2013
March is a month Britain’s pub and restaurant groups want to forget. Snow and freezing temperatures across the country contributed to a sharp 3.0% fall in collective like-for-like sales compared with March 2012.
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Disposable income continues to rise
23 April, 2013
The latest Asda Income Tracker shows that family-spending power increased by £3 a week in February, meaning disposable income has not fallen year-on-year since last March.
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Rising food prices causing headaches for restaurants
1 May, 2013
Increasing commodity prices have made food costs one of the two biggest sources of overheads among UK restaurant operators, according to new research.more...
Beer sales slip in first quarter
29 April, 2013
Beer sales in the UK fell by 2.9% in the first quarter of 2013—and the decline was steepest in pubs. The disappointing figures come from the British Beer and Pub Association’s quarterly ‘Beer Barometer’ scheme. more...
Visitor numbers on the rise
17 April, 2013
The number of people visiting the UK rose by 14% in February—prompting optimism for a bumper tourist trade this year. Visit Britain says it marks the strongest February in five years.more...
US sends craft beer across the Atlantic
15 April, 2013
American craft beer is fast catching on in the UK, new stats suggest. The US Brewers Association says US craft beer exports jumped 72% in 2012, with the UK among the top markets. more...
Mobile sends digital ad spend soaring again
11 April, 2013
UK businesses spent £5.4bn on digital advertising last year—and more than doubled their cash on the mobile space.
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Food outstrips general retail growth in March
10 April, 2013
Cold weather put a freeze on retail sales in March—but food and drink sales enjoyed a lift. The British Retail Consortium’s monitor revealed a like for like sales increase of 1.9% in March - 'a reasonable performance', but down on the 2.7% growth in February.
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Mislabelled fish slipping onto menus
2 April, 2013
Consumption of fish and seafood per person is rising - but new research also shows that much of what is being sold may not be as described on the packet or menu. It has prompted in a call for tighter fish product labelling rules.more...
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