Report Friday 5th February 2016

Damp spirits?

Overall retail like-for-likes were broadly flat in Christmas 2015, continuing the trend of the previous 3 years. Over the entire period from 2011 to present, UK retail has benefited in aggregate from less than 0.5% of like-for-like growth – indicating how hard retailers are having to fight for consumer spend.

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Tom Gladstone

Tom Gladstone

Partner & Global Head of Retail, Leisure & Travel

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