03.05.18
UK Retail Update – March 2018
NEWS
Fiona O'Brien, Senior Risk Underwriter - The UK retail sector entered a 'perfect storm' in 2017 but does the outlook for 2018 and beyond look brighter?
Retailers faced disappointing trading following the apparent success of Black Friday, as a snowy weekend and the continued pressure on consumer spending hit sales. Many retailers engaged in increasingly frantic promotional activity, with UK consumers prepared to search online for the best deals...