Insight Reports 5 minutes premiumDecember 2019 UK Holiday 2019 Retail Sales and Trading Review: December Recovery Too Modest To Rescue Total Holiday Sales Author By Coresight Research January 21, 2020 What's InsideCoresight 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. Highlights from our December UK Retail Sales Report: UK retail saw a weak 2019 holiday season overall, with beneficiaries of shifts to e-commerce and discount channels being the exceptions. Sales fell at department stores and apparel retailers. The nondiscretionary grocery sector bucked the general trend of growth accelerating sequentially. Internet-only retailers comfortably outpaced the total growth in online sales. January 21, 2020 premium This report is for Premium subscribers only. Learn more about subscriptions here. Other research you may be interested in: