Insight Report 4 minutes PremiumDecember 2017 UK Retail Sales and Christmas Trading Wrap-Up: Solid Total Growth in Line with FGRT Forecast, but Gains Not Evenly Distributed Coresight Research January 22, 2018 Executive SummaryCoresight Research’s monthly reports keep you up to date on US and UK retail sales, US retail traffic and in-store metrics, selected US retailers’ same-store sales and key global consumer indicators. Click here to view our full collection of Monthly Reports. Our monthly UK Retail Sales Report reviews the latest sector data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Highlights from our December UK Retail Sales Report: UK November and December retail sales growth came in at a robust 4.6% year over year. This was in line with FGRT’s holiday forecast calling for growth of approximately 5%. Total growth was supported by shop-price inflation of 2.9% in December and 3.0% in November. Black Friday appeared to pull discretionary sales from October and December into November. Trading updates from retailers show that sales gains were not evenly distributed. Christmas trading updates suggest that structural winners in discount retail and e-commerce are accelerating their gains even as they mature, a process that should, in theory, prompt a slowing of growth. This report is for paying subscribers only. Already a paying subscriber? Please log in to see the entire report.If you wish to learn more about our subscription plans and become a paying subscriber, click here. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Day One at NRF 2023: Retail’s Big Show—Personalization Drives Retail Relevance at Every Consumer TouchpointWeinswig’s Weekly: Previewing NRF 2024—Retail’s Big ShowUS Apparel and Beauty Spending Tracker, August 2023: Beauty, Clothing and Footwear Spending Growth Slows But Remains ResilientConsumers Continue To Notice and Adapt to Inflation: US Consumer Tracker 2023, Week 31