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March 23 retail sales data

ended 20. April 2023

Tomorrow morning at 07:00 the latest retail sales data for March is being published. If you're a retailer, online, bricks and mortar or hybrid, please answer the following questions for the chance to feature in the local and national media tomorrow.

  • How were things for you saleswise in March - and also during April to date?
  • What are the main challenges facing you right now? Reduced consumer spend due to inflation, higher energy bills, increased raw materials costs? Anything else?
  • How confident are you feeling about 2023 as a whole? Are you seeing any green shoots?

Any other thoughts or insights, send them across. Your views will be shared with the media tomorrow morning. 

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Jenny Blyth
Small business owner at Storm in a Teacup Gifts
I went in to this year feeling positive yet sales continue to plummet and the mood of my customers is going with it. High energy bills and cost of living mean spare pennies are no longer spare and therefore are not spent with us.
Our March sales were one of the lowest months of trading since we began over 8 years ago and the reason for this is very clearly our current government.
It's incredulous that we are now having to deal with bullies in parliament whilst our own small worlds crumble.
Small businesses cannot survive on positive words alone, use us or lose us.