21 July 2020 The second quarter of 2020 saw retail health plummet by 10 points to a record low RHI score of just 61 The RTT predicts that health will improve by 3 points as pent up demand is released, but that will depend on the general mood music, the unwinding of the furlough…
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21 July 2020 The second quarter of 2020 saw retail health plummet by 10 points to a record low RHI score of just 61 The RTT predicts that health will improve by 3 points as pent up demand is released, but that will depend on the general mood music, the unwinding of the furlough…
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28 April 2020 The Retail Health Index fell by 3 points to 71 in the first quarter of 2020, a new record low Health is predicted to deteriorate further and even more sharply in the second quarter of 2020 – by 9 points to 62 – although this is highly dependent on the length and…
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16 January 2020 The KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT) has concluded that the crucial final quarter of 2019 failed to provide retailers with any respite from the onslaught of deteriorating health in the sector. Demand over the key trading weeks prior to Christmas failed to make up for lost ground if looking at the quarter…
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The KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT) has determined that – as predicted* – retail health in the third quarter of 2019 has surpassed the historic low previously recorded in the final quarter of 2012, when the UK’s economy faced the so-called ‘double-dip recession’. The latest retail health index (RHI) figures sees the third quarter of…
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The KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT) has determined that retail health deteriorated more than expected in the second quarter of 2019. In their qualitative and quantitative assessment of demand, margins and costs, the think tank’s members pointed to low consumer demand, partly the result of cooler weather, and further margin pressure as the key drivers…
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The KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT) has determined that retail health in the first quarter of 2019 deteriorated further as a result of wavering demand, increasingly squeezed margins and ever-higher costs for retailers. This brings the latest retail health index (RHI) score to 77 – only just one point above the historic-low of 76, recorded…
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