4 Headlines on September’s City Centre Retail Sales
1. Sales in September dropped compared to August Across the 62 city centres that Beauclair is currently monitoring retail sales in September dropped -4% compared to August. There was quite …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
The Food & Drink sector is powering the recovery of city centre retail
Beauclair’s data, prepared for the Centre for Cities’ High Street Recovery Tracker, shows that city centre retail sales have now recovered to pre-covid lockdown levels. Average weekly sales are now …
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 …