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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »August boost for homeware as high street sales hit two-year high
August was the UK high street’s best month for sales since September 2015, figures released last week by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO reveal. Overall like-for-like sales increased by 2% last month, making it the best August since 2013. BDO’s data shows that a marked rise in ‘staycations’ by …
Read More »June sunshine lifts high street sales
The high street has just had its best June in six years, figures released yesterday (Thursday June 6) by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO reveal. According to BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker, UK retailers saw June’s overall like-for-like trading grow by 1.3%. The growth was off a negative base …
Read More »Whitefurze named as one of Coventry & Warwickshire’s top 50 fastest growing companies
A barometer celebrating economic progress in Coventry and Warwickshire has recognised local housewares manufacturer Whitefurze as one of the top 50 fastest growing companies in the region. The BDO Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Barometer 2017 tracks the growth of the leading performers in the region and seeks to bring wider …
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