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 …
TOP 5 July 2023 City Centre Retail Spend Insights
What a difference a year (or a month) makes July 2022 saw the UK reach record high temperatures (40.3 Celsius on 19th July 2022 in Lincolnshire – MetOffice.gov.uk), whereas July …
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 …
The short term strength and long-term weakness of city centre retail
As we have moved into retail’s “Golden Quarter,” city centres have proved themselves much more resilient than the rest of the retail sector, with stronger monthly and quarterly growth. Looking …
City Centre Retail Sales by Sector (September 2022)
City centre retail sales declined by 4% in September compared to August but increased on a Yo3Y basis. Sales in September 2022 were +2% above sales in September 2019, a …
August retail data highlights
Beauclair recently released August retail data to its client base of Business Improvement Districts and other town centre managers. The following are some of the highlights based on sales data …
Have city centres been hit by the cost of living crisis?
Beauclair’s data for July 2022, which we have just released to our clients, shows that July was the strongest month for retail sales in city centres since the end of …
Is High Street transformation already happening?
Our city centres are changing profoundly. Beauclair’s latest data shows just how much the covid lockdown has accelerated this transformation. Beauclair provides its Business Improvement District (BID) and other clients …
How big a bite did Omicron take out of city centre retail sales?
The Omicron wave disrupted city centre sales, pushing sales back down below their 2019 levels for the period November 2021 to January 2022. The average city lost 1.2 weeks of …
Beauclair provides much of the data behind the Centre for Cities report, “Cities Outlook 2022”
Beauclair has provided much of the data behind a new Centre for Cities report, “Cities Outlook 2022”, which was launched on Monday 25th January. This year the report looks in-depth at …