Retail forecasts report 2021 – Rethinking retail for the ne…

RETAIL FORECASTS REPORT 2021 | BDO LLP 13

HIGH STREET SALES TRACKER

After a reasonable start to the year, March saw sales slump dramatically across all categories. Only inOctober has year-on- year growth on the high street returned, although homewares demonstrated an earlier recovery and non-store sales have proved buoyant throughout. November will see another fall in store sales, as lockdown two restrictions kicked in and retailers will be hoping that COVID-19 cases have fallen sufficiently by December to allow them to re-open for this crucial period.

BDO High street sales tracker In-store segments and total non-store results 2019-20

150.0

100.0

50.0

0.0

-50.0

-100.0

-150.0

Nov

Dec

Feb Jan Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Lifestyle (in-store)

Non-store

Fashion (in-store)

Homeware (in-store)

BDO High street sales tracker Total LFLs 2019-20

6.6

7.0

6.5

3.7

3.2 3.7

1.8 2.2 3.5

0.8

-0.7

3.8

-3.3

1.6

-0.5

-1.3

-1.8

-4.6

-14.4

-17.9

-18.3

-29.6

Jan

Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2019

2020

Made with FlippingBook HTML5