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Hot summer hits crops

Shoppers facing first hike in prices in more than five years

Buchanan Street Glasgow, shopping
Shoppers are paying for the long,hot summer with the first hike in prices in more than five years.

Boost for retailers

Sun and sport lures shoppers into high street

Prince St retail shopping
Hot weather and a bumper summer of sport gave high streets some welcome relief

Radical plans in new report

Reshaping lease and rent model aims to save shops

House of Fraser
Shorter leases and rents based on turnover are among a radical set of ...

Best figures for four years

Relief for retailers as warm spell lures shoppers

Prince St retail shopping
Scottish retailers have recorded their best monthly performance in more than four years

Sales slump after poor Xmas

Debenhams’ profits plunge amid ‘profound change’

Debenhams
Debenhams has reported a plunge in half-year profits as the bloodbath on the high street continues.

Advice on attracting customers

Making the most of holiday sales

As a business, it’s vital to start organising campaigns targeting specific events across the year early rather than later

End of year trading figures

Christmas adds flourish to ‘tepid’ retail year

Scottish retailers enjoyed a "final flourish" over the Christmas trading period, though it came at the end of a "pretty tepid" year..

Stand alone stores opened

Kids shoes step up sales at Schuh

Schuh
Shoe retailer Schuh says its children's range is proving particularly popular with shoppers...

Budget: Retail

Chancellor drops hints at online retail tax

shop closure
The Chancellor dropped broad hints of a tax on online retailers which was an issue raised by Daily Business ahead of today’s statement. There were few other measures to specificallyRead More

More empty shops warning as costs escalate

shop closure
A spike in the number of empty town centre shops is an unwelcome reminder of ...