Retail Sentiment Trackers – Newtrade Media

Retail Sentiment Trackers

Keep your finger on the pulse of independent convenience retail with our Retail Sentiment Trackers, where 200 retailers share their views on key issues in the channel.

Retail Sentiment Tracker: Q3 2025

1 week ago

The newest version of Newtrade’s Retail Sentiment Tracker shows that 58% of stores have cut staff hours in store, with the average shop owner cutting more than 11 paid hours of staff time from each week’s rota. The figures suggest a £150m annual saving across the independent convenience sector from wages alone so far.

Retail Sentiment Tracker: Q1 2025

7 months ago

For the fourth consecutive quarterly, the number of retailers who expressed any confidence in future sales or profit growth declined. What is behind this – and how are successful retailers navigating these difficulties?

Retail Sentiment Tracker: Q3 2024

1 year ago

A challenging sales period coupled with continued pressures on costs has combined to create a perfect storm, which means that running a convenience store is more pressured than ever.

Retail Sentiment Tracker: Q1 2024

1 year ago

How are retailers feeling about the next 12 months – and where are they focusing their profit-growing efforts?

Customer Engagement: The Challenges and Opportunities for Independent Convenience Retailers

2 years ago

A survey of independent retailers and industry experts across the UK

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Challenges and Opportunities for Convenience Stores

2 years ago

A survey of independent retailers and industry experts across the UK

Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities for Independent Convenience Stores

3 years ago

A survey of independent retailers and industry experts across the UK

Adding Value in the Cost-of-Living Crisis

3 years ago

A survey of independent retailers and industry experts across the UK

Home Delivery: what is driving growth?

3 years ago

A survey of independent retailers and industry experts across the UK

What independent retailers want from suppliers

4 years ago

Preparing for post-pandemic preferences.

The perfect launch

5 years ago

For the past year, independent convenience retailers have been one of the chosen few places where shoppers can physically go and get excited about food and drink.

Investing beyond lockdown

5 years ago

The Independent Retailer Owners Forum (IROF) is a closed group of top store owners that represent 1,500 unaffiliated independent and symbol stores from the UK and Ireland.

Preventing fires in convenience stores

5 years ago

Fire disproportionally affects independent convenience stores in comparison to other retailers, due to them benefiting from less support than the multiples.