Scottish Retail Consortium

Scottish footfall decreased by 21.2% in August, a 5.9 percentage point increase from July, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and Sensormatic IQ Footfall Monitor.

Scottish retailers are still waiting for a return to pre-pandemic trading as total retail sales in Scotland increased by 7.4% compared with July 2020 when they had decreased by 8.3% year-on-year.

Action to entice city centre shoppers back and early certainty over business taxes and regulation should be at the heart of the next Scottish Government Budget this autumn, according to the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC).

Scottish shop vacancies have risen by a quarter since the second quarter of 2020, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC)-Local Data Company (LDC) Vacancy Monitor. In the second quarter of 2021, the Scottish vacancy rate increased to 16.1%, from 15.3% in Q1. It was 3.2 percenta

Scottish retail sales in June moved closer to pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor.

Scottish shopper footfall decreased by 29.5% in June, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and Sensormatic IQ Footfall monitor.

Scottish footfall decreased by 24.7% in May (Yo2Y), a 27.4 percentage point increase from April, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and Sensormatic IQ Footfall Monitor.

Scottish business organisations have welcomed the appointment of new cabinet ministers to the Scottish Parliament.

Scottish shopper footfall decreased by 52.1% in April year-on-two-years (Yo2Y) as stores reopened after coronavirus restrictions were eased, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) Sensormatic IQ Footfall Monitor.

Scottish shop vacancies have reached a six year high, according to the latest figures released by the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and the Local Data Company (LDC).

Total sales in Scotland decreased by 13.8% on a 2-year basis compared with March 2019, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) & KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor.

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has welcomed confirmation from the Scottish Government that all shops will be able to reopen from Monday 26th April. This will bring an end to the forced closure of so-called non-essential retail which commenced on the 26th of December.

Scottish footfall decreased by 66.3% in March (Yo2Y), a 4.7 percentage point increase from February, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) Sensormatic IQ footfall monitor.

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has welcomed the first steps to the re-opening of retail after the lockdown restrictions were announced in December.

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has welcomed confirmation from the Scottish Government that homeware shops and garden centres can re-open from April 5.