AUGUST TRADE NEWS Blundered legislation allows DVD traders to escape prosecution Independent retailers undercut by charities Small retailers could save consumers money Credit insurance top-up scheme Games Console wholesaler closed down Trading conditions see schoolwear retailer fold 'Vibrant independent retail sector' contributing to Cardiff success Retailers could save over £1,000 in small shops campaign BCC welcomes amendment to trade credit insurance scheme Local retailers are 'not sufficiently provisioned' Clothing sector sees sales boosted by weather Retailer Grants Fund to reduce crime Energy efficient appliances should be VAT free Margate shop closures “embarrassing” For every store opened, six close in N.Wales Retail sales on the increase Men spend more online than women Retailers to benefit from new PayPoint distribution deal Wholesale "duopoly" must be addressed JJB stores aquisition by Sports Direct referred Toy wholesaler fined for selling unsafe products Retailers and wholesalers find it difficult to prepare for bad weather Shetland wholesaler expands into Orkney Dawson News customers to receive full credits for wholesale stock Pre-pack retail insolvencies are hurting wholesale suppliers Dreary weather prompts interesting retail choices 19,000 shops left vacant in England and Wales Majority think local shops need more support Wholesaler rumoured to be cutting jobs European visitors to The Wholesaler please click here   What’s New At The Wholesaler UK New Categories added recently Wholesale Umbrellas Wholesale suppliments - Dietry and Nutritional Supplements   Trade News Archive 2009  January   February   March   April   May   June July August Subscribe to our newsletter   Go to The Wholesaler UK Directory 13th August 2009 Retail sales on the increase July was a relatively strong month in terms of retail sales, new figures released this week have indicated. The British Retail Consortium (BRC)-KPMG Sales Monitor shows that retail sales values rose by 1.8 per cent on a like-for-like basis and 3.6 per cent on a total basis from July 2008. Despite the fact that the figures indicate July 2009 has been stronger than both June of this year and July of last, the BRC insists that owing to "changeable" weather in the summer of 2008, these figures must not be over-analysed. The BRC said: "This July was slightly stronger than June, but the growth was against a weaker July 2008." Non-food non-store sales - internet, mail-order and phone sales - were up by 20 per cent year-on-year. It has been suggested by the BRC that this significant rise has predominantly been a result of widespread clearance sales. (c) 2009 Comment on this news story   Trade News Archive 2008  December   November   October   September August   July   June   May   April   March   February   January