January 2026 Beauclair GB Benchmark for Town & City Centre Retail Spending
January 2026 delivered some good news for GB towns and cities, with sales just -0.7% below January 2025, according to Beauclair.
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62 City Centre Beauclair Growth Ranking Sept 2023
TOP DECEMBER 2025 City Centre Retail Spend Insights.
Sales declined -3.6% during December 2025 in GB towns and cities, but the results delivered further evidence of the growing importance to consumers of socialising and experience.
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TOP NOVEMBER 2025 City Centre Retail Spend Insights.
THE IMPACT ON TOWNS AND CITIES OF THE MUCH-DISCUSSED CAUTIOUSNESS OF CONSUMERS - PARTICULARLY IN THE RUN UP TO THE BUDGET - WAS SIGNIFICANT DURING NOVEMBER.
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TOP OCTOBER 2025 City Centre Retail Spend Insights.
SALES DROPPED ANNUALLY DURING OCTOBER BY -4.1%, DRIVEN BY ONGOING CONSUMER NERVOUSNESS AROUND SPENDING IN THE FACE OF AN UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDOUBTEDLY COMPOUNDED BY PRE-BUDGET JITTERS.
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TOP SEPTEMBER 2025 City Centre Retail Spend Insights.
SALES IN GB TOWNS AND CITIES DECLINED ANNUALLY DURING SEPTEMBER BY -4.1%, WHICH WAS THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH IN 2025 WITH SALES LOWER THAN IN THE SAME MONTH THE YEAR BEFORE.
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TOP AUGUST 2025 City Centre Retail Spend Insights.
SALES IN GB TOWNS AND CITIES FELL BACK ONCE AGAIN DURING AUGUST, DECLINING BY -4.8% FROM AUGUST 2024, VERSUS A MORE MODEST ANNUAL DROP OF -1.4% DURING JULY. HOWEVER, DESPITE THE HEADLINE RESULT BEING LESS FAVOURABLE, THERE REMAIN REASONS FOR OPTIMISM.
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TOP JULY 2025 City Centre Retail Spend Insights.
JULY DELIVERED BETTER NEWS THAN PREVIOUS MONTHS FOR TOWNS AND CITIES WITH SALES ONLY MARGINALLY BELOW JULY 2024, AND OVER A THIRD OF TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS GB RECORDING HIGHER SALES THAN LAST YEAR.
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TOP JUNE 2025 City Centre Retail Spend Insights.
The majority consumers remained cautious about spending during a challenging June on the high street. However, there were still some positive examples of resilience, in the face of ongoing economic pressures.
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TOP MAY 2025 City Centre Retail Spend Insights.
SALES IN GB TOWNS AND CITIES FELL BACK ONCE AGAIN DURING MAY 2025, ALTHOUGH STRONGER FOOD & DRINK SALES PARTIALLY OFFSET THE CONTINUING CONTRACTION IN FASHION SALES.
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62 City Centre Beauclair Growth Ranking Sept 2023
Beauclair Data have ranked 62 Nationwide Cites based on key performance indicators for growth; Retail spend, Customer numbers and Transaction volumes. We have looked at trends YTD 2023 vs YTD 2022 and YTD 2023 vs YTD 2019. There is clear evidence of stronger Northern Growth with 8 of the Top 10 Scoring Cities being North […]
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