British pig farmers are being forced out of the market or to cull livestock as the price of producing pork continues to rise. Following a number of...

Retailers suffered a "lacklustre" July as expectations of an Olympic boost appear to be "wide of the mark", a leading survey shows. Sales values ed...

Many high streets are facing a "bleak" future after shopper numbers fell despite the January sales, a report warned on Monday. Footfall on high str...

One in seven shops on the UK's high streets stood empty in 2011 and further closures are expected this year as more people shop online and in out-of-t...

Retail sales fell back in January, the Confederation of British Industries (CBI) said, as the malaise on Britain's high streets continued. There i...

The UK's retail sales values in December showed growth over 2010, according to figures released on Tuesday by the British Retail Consortium (BRC), but...

Retail sales values were 0.6% down on 2010 figures in October, as consumers shied away from bigger discretionary purchases, the British Retail Consort...

Consumer spending fell in real terms this September, compared to a year earlier, as customers shy away from spending in the current economic gloom, ac...

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Retailers lost thousands of hours of trading because of this month's riots in cities across England, a survey has shown. Firms...