What the World Cup Can Teach Us About Measuring Town Centre Performance
New data from high street retail analysts, Beauclair Data, shows the impact of the World Cup group games on spending in pubs and bars across Great Britain.
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The Summer Opportunity: What Q3 Means for Town and City Centre Performance
Diane Wehrle reviews Beauclair Data to understand summer trading on the High Street, and provide insights by town type to maximise commercial performance .
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TOP 5 September 2023 City Centre Retail Spend Insights.
Based on Beauclair Data across the largest 62 Cities and Towns nationwide. 2. Heath & Beauty and General Retail momentum continues 3. Fashion has a poor month, customer and sales down, hit by warm weather. 4. Food & Drink & Grocery see strong Sept sales growth, but more muted customer growth. 5. Strong growth momentum […]
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TOP 5 August 2023 City Centre Retail Spend Insights
Based on Beauclair Data across 62 City Centres nationwide. 2. Average Transaction Value growth is behind that of Customers & Retail Spend. 3. Pre-Holiday Fashion & Health & Beauty spend key driver of August spend. 4. Year-to-date 2023 continues to outpace 2022. 5. General Retail continues it’s recovery and momentum
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TOP 5 June 2023 City Centre Retail Spend Insights.
Based on Beauclair Data across 62 City Centres nationwide. *Source ONS Consumer price inflation, UK – Office for National Statistics : “The easing in the annual inflation rates in June 2023 principally reflected price changes in the transport division, particularly for motor fuels. There were also notable downward effects from food and non-alcoholic beverages, furniture […]
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Key City Centre Beauclair Retail Spend Trends for ATCM Summer Conference 2023.
Here are some of the Key Trends in City Centre Retail Spending we prepared for our panel appearance at the recent Association of Town and Country Managers (ATCM) 2023 Summer Conference e.g. Post Covid City Centres are becoming more local and less affluent. Read on to find out more.. City Centres are losing share of […]
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Is August ’22 the month when city centre retail sales finally start to weaken?
August 2022 may be the month in which the cost-of-living crisis finally caught up with city centre retail. The recovery of city centres after lockdown has lagged national trends for retail. City centre retail recovered more slowly from lockdowns than online and local retail. But until July 2022, city centre retail sales grew even as […]
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Was the city centre retail recovery stalling before Omicron hit?
Beauclair has just submitted its reports on November’s retail sales to its Business Improvement District (BID) clients. Most city centres that we monitor showed strong recovery in September and October, with sales ahead of the same months in 2019. November’s figures, however, showed that this recovery might have been stalling, even before the Omicron variant […]
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A Sales-Data Blind Spot
Is the retail media’s focus on footfall justified or is it an out-dated habit that needs to be dropped now that high quality sales data is available? A recent article in the Sheffield Telegraph proudly reported that the city centre’s footfall increased more in September than in 62 other cities, adding that this was likely […]
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