Showing posts with label large stores. Show all posts
Showing posts with label large stores. Show all posts
Friday, 15 February 2013
Retail Sales Down In January
The year-on-year seasonally adjusted estimates of volume of sales in retail fell by 0.6%. The decrease was seen mainly in the smaller stores of 0-9 employees while large stores experienced an increase particularly in the food sector. The snow was cited as a reason for shoppers staying away from the smaller shops. Large stores reported an increase in online shopping.
Friday, 20 July 2012
Smaller Stores Doing Better In June
Retail sales volumes were said to have increased by 1.6% in June 2012 compared with June 2011. Sales values from the retailing sector were said to have increased by 1.9% over the same period.
Small stores seem to have been doing better than the larger stores in June. Sales values at smaller stores increased by 4.1% whereas in the larger stores sales values increased by 1.2%.
The total amount spent over the period covered by the survey is estimated to have totalled £32.7bn. The average weekly spend was £6.5bn in June 2012. The average weekly value of Internet sales is estimated to have been £493.3m which equates to a proportion of 8.5% of total retail sales (excluding fuel).
Small stores seem to have been doing better than the larger stores in June. Sales values at smaller stores increased by 4.1% whereas in the larger stores sales values increased by 1.2%.
The total amount spent over the period covered by the survey is estimated to have totalled £32.7bn. The average weekly spend was £6.5bn in June 2012. The average weekly value of Internet sales is estimated to have been £493.3m which equates to a proportion of 8.5% of total retail sales (excluding fuel).
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Small Retailers See Larger Increase In Sales In March
The most recent retail sales index published by the ONS shows that the seasonally adjusted value of retail sales increased by 4.5% in March 2011 compared to March 2010 and the volume increased by 1.3%. The index also showed that on a month by month basis sales increased by 0.1% in value and 0.2% in volume between February and March 2011.
The March bulletin also included a supplementary study on small and large retail stores. The non-seasonally adjusted volume decreased by 0.1%. Over the same period large retailers decreased by 1.2% but small retailers increased by 3.9%. The biggest difference between large and small store growth was on food stores. The growth rate for all stores showed a 3.2% decrease but a 4.1% decrease for large stores and a 2.5% decrease for small stores. Food stores can be sub-divided into specialised and non-specialised stores. Non-specialised stores decreased by 3.1% within which large stores decreased by 4.4% but small stores increased by 12.3%. Specialised stores increased by 0.4%.
The non-food stores showed more varied results. Small non-specialised stores saw the biggest increase with 31.2%, followed by small other non-food stores with 8.5% and all other non-food stores with 7.6%. The biggest decrease was in small household goods stores with -10.2% with all household goods stores and large household goods stores following with -8.7% and -8.1% respectively.
Small stores are those with less than 100 employees. Large retailers are those with more than 100 employees or those with less than 100 employees but a turnover greater than £60m. All 900 large retailers were included in the sample. a representative sample of 4,100 small retailers was also included in the sample. The largest growth was in the 10-39 employment group with an average increase of 6.6%, then 0.9 employees with 6.5% average growth, 40-99 reprted 5.2% growth and the group with over 100 employees reported growth of 2.3%.
Price estimates for retail sales between March 2010 and March 2011 rose by 4.4%. The value of Internet sales in March 2011 was £529m or 9.8% of total retail sales in March.
The March bulletin also included a supplementary study on small and large retail stores. The non-seasonally adjusted volume decreased by 0.1%. Over the same period large retailers decreased by 1.2% but small retailers increased by 3.9%. The biggest difference between large and small store growth was on food stores. The growth rate for all stores showed a 3.2% decrease but a 4.1% decrease for large stores and a 2.5% decrease for small stores. Food stores can be sub-divided into specialised and non-specialised stores. Non-specialised stores decreased by 3.1% within which large stores decreased by 4.4% but small stores increased by 12.3%. Specialised stores increased by 0.4%.
The non-food stores showed more varied results. Small non-specialised stores saw the biggest increase with 31.2%, followed by small other non-food stores with 8.5% and all other non-food stores with 7.6%. The biggest decrease was in small household goods stores with -10.2% with all household goods stores and large household goods stores following with -8.7% and -8.1% respectively.
Small stores are those with less than 100 employees. Large retailers are those with more than 100 employees or those with less than 100 employees but a turnover greater than £60m. All 900 large retailers were included in the sample. a representative sample of 4,100 small retailers was also included in the sample. The largest growth was in the 10-39 employment group with an average increase of 6.6%, then 0.9 employees with 6.5% average growth, 40-99 reprted 5.2% growth and the group with over 100 employees reported growth of 2.3%.
Price estimates for retail sales between March 2010 and March 2011 rose by 4.4%. The value of Internet sales in March 2011 was £529m or 9.8% of total retail sales in March.
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