Economy
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Feb- 2013 -12 February
Retail spend predicted to rise 26 per cent by 2022
Retail spend will rise to £377 billion over the next decade, a new report has suggested.
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Jan- 2013 -25 January
Luxury watches made biggest market impact in 2012
Watches priced over £1,000 now represent almost half of the total market value, after 2012 saw the year-on-year sales value…
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25 January
Retail sales growth slows in January
The CBI’s first monthly Distributive Trades Survey of 2013 revealed that retail sales growth slowed in January.
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24 January
Data shows rise in retail employment despite record decline in shop numbers
Retail employment was shown to have risen by 0.6 per cent in the BRC-Bond Pearce Retail Employment Monitor (REM) for…
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17 January
Aurum Holdings posts positive Christmas trading results
Aurum Holdings, the prestige and luxury jeweller with a portfolio including Mappin & Webb, Watches of Switzerland and Goldsmiths, has…
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11 January
Lightweight and fashion jewellery affecting hallmarking figures, says assay master
Shoppers are increasingly looking to lightweight silver articles and fashion jewellery, which do not need hallmarking, according to the chief…
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10 January
Assay Office figures show drop in hallmarking
Figures released by the Birmingham Assay Office have revealed that there has been a decline in hallmarking across the four…
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8 January
Signet’s holiday sales figures reveal UK woes
The owner of H Samuel, Ernest Jones and Leslie Davis jewellers reported losses of 2.6 per cent across its UK…
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8 January
Christmas period proves testing time ahead says BRC chief
The Christmas period has done nothing to convince retailers that 2013 has any significant growth in store, said the British…
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2 January
BRC and retailers ask MPs to step-in to help ailing high streets
In the wake of the news that town centre shop vacancy rates have reached an all-time high of 11.3 per…
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