Hundreds of High Street shops expected to close after lockdown ends, as retailers endure worst month on record By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:05 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 22 May 2020 Hundreds of High Street shops are expected to close after the lockdown ends, as retailers endured the … Read more
Retail sales plummeted by a FIFTH in April as Britons stopped buying fuel and clothing amid coronavirus lockdown – but purchases of alcohol were UP By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 08:54 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 08:54 BST, 22 May 2020 Retail sales plummeted by nearly a fifth last month as … Read more
Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury warns book sales could plunge by as much as 65% By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 20 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 20 May 2020 Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury has warned that book sales could plunge by as much as 65 per cent. Lockdown measures in many … Read more
Dixons Carphone’s online sales rise 166% in five weeks as locked down shoppers snap up laptops, TVs, gaming equipment and fridges FTSE-250 listed group’s share price jumped over 19% earlier today Retailer has scrapped its annual dividend and furloughed 16,500 people By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 12:15 BST, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 15:53 … Read more
Oscar-winning film 1917 helps cinemas add silver lining to sales as consumer confidence peaks By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 10 February 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 February 2020 British cinemas boomed in January thanks to the success of Oscar-winning film 1917, a report has said. Sales of film tickets … Read more
Non-stop sales are planned for the rest of the year in shops which are set to re-open after the coronavirus lockdown wrecked an entire season for fashion retailers. Analysts believe there could be as much as £15billion-worth of stock which needs to be sold, meaning there will be ‘wall-to-wall’ sales until January. Clothing shops were … Read more
Housebuilder Persimmon has got back to work on its construction sites this week, amid a ‘phased process’ of reopening. The group, which is holding its annual general meeting today, said customer inquiries had remained at ‘good levels’, even during the lockdown period. But, after a ‘robust’ start to the year, the company admitted that social … Read more
Thousands of new cars sit at Tilbury docks waiting to be sent to showrooms after sales plunged by 97% during coronavirus lockdown New cars are pictured lined up at Tilbury docks in Essex amid slump in demand Thousands of the new cars (which are Britain’s biggest export) are seen in rows Experts fear British car … Read more
Video game company sales hit historic highs of $10.9 billion in the US as people are forced to remain home during coronavirus lockdown Video game sales have exploded to historic highs in the US this quarter Analysts say sales hit $10.86 billion which is a 10 percent increase over last year The boom is attributed to … Read more
Covid testing kits fuel sales boom at Novacyt as it racks up revenues of more than £90m By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 14 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 14 May 2020 A British producer of coronavirus testing kits expects ‘significant demand’ to continue for the rest of the year … Read more