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Current Profile Of Uk Retail Industry
Posted By: kundan_kk123* on 2/9/2005 10:24 AM (CST) 125 Points
i want to know about the current profile of UK retail industy and also the problem they are facing right now . and who r among the top retails of UK AT PRESENT



Posted by: thinkmor Accepted Answer
2/9/2005 10:47 AM (CST)
Hi Kundan

Here are 4 links that will help:

http://www.dti.gov.uk/sectors_retail.html

http://www.brc.org.uk/

http://www.kamcity.com/library/retail.htm

http://www.kamcity.com/library/articles/ACNhyper.htm


Top retailers: Tesco, Asda, Waitrose/John Lewis, Morrisons, Sainsburys, M&S

Hope this helps.


Zahid Adil
 

Posted by: Markitek Accepted Answer
2/9/2005 7:35 PM (CST)
11% of all enterprises in the UK are retailers, with 184,695 VAT-registered businesses operating in 278,630 retail outlets.


UK retail sales were approximately £246.3 billion in 2004.


Retail accounted for 5.6% of Gross Value Added (GVA) in 2002.


Over a third of consumer spending goes through shops.


The retail industry employed 2.8 million people, as at the end of September 2004. This equates to 1 in 9 (11%) of the total UK workforce.


Over the last five years, employment in retailing has grown by 273,200.


During the last decade, the price of shop goods rose only 8%, much less than the 30% increase in the all-items Retail Price Index.

Source: Office for National Statistics

TOP RETAILERS

Tesco (Europe) € 2061118
J Sainsbury (UK) € 908990
Kingfisher € 848761
Safeway Stores € 631843
Argos Retail Group (UK) € 453065
Next Plc € 577846
Dixons Group € 442,417
Wm Morrison Supermarkets € 417,150
John Lewis Partnership € 284,139
Debenhams (UK) € 260,302
 

Posted by: bobhogg Member Response
3/24/2005 5:42 AM (CST)
...and for the latest data on UK retail sales trends, look here:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=256&Pos=4&ColRank=1&Rank=160

Good luck,
Bob
 

Posted by: john_hicks Member Response
3/29/2005 11:00 AM (CST)
Try Dan at the Retail Advisory Service. He is setting up a new weekly retail bulletin for the UK which will be launched later this year. That will be a free service for people passionate about retail!

His e-mail address is [DELETED BY MPROFS STAFF] and is an extremely helpful guy!
 

Posted by: Shelley, MProfs Moderator Response
4/3/2005 10:37 PM (CST)
Everyone, thanks for participating. I am closing this question since it's gathered a considerable amount of dust.

The author abandoned this, like so many students usually do, right after he posted it.
 

Posted by: tobinthomas.thomas Member Response
7/16/2006 5:36 AM (CST)
hii..i am a mba student doing my thesis on "destruction of iconic brands". please help me get good links and articles regarding the same..

thanks a lot
 

Posted by: tobinthomas.thomas Member Response
7/16/2006 5:38 AM (CST)
hi..i am an mba student doing my thesis on "destruction of iconic brands". please help me with some good links and articles.

thanks a lot
tobin
 



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