The Newtrade Retail Sentiment tracker surveys 200 retailers to understand how the market feels about the state of the nation, and what they are focusing on to drive sales and profits. The most recent tracker (Q3 2025) took a detailed look at not only what’s happening now and how stores are feeling, but about how they feel their stores might look in the future.
£150m
amount convenience stores have saved in wages Jan-Oct 2025
36%
will reduce the number of SKUs they sell in five years time – 20% will take out 10% of their range
15%
of stores – the fewest we’ve seen in any Tracker – said sales were up compared to the prior year