High Street Sales Tracker

The BDO High Street Sales Tracker outlines the weekly sales changes of more than 70 mid market retailers with some 10,000 individual stores. These are mainly located on high streets throughout the UK. As such it provides a very good indication of underlying trading conditions without the distorting effect of large grocery based retailers, as well as changes in retail capacity.

The results are closely followed by industry and city analysts, while retailers use the results to benchmark performance.

The Tracker splits out performance across the following sectors:

Fashion: accessories, clothing, footwear
Non-fashion: general household goods, gifts, health & beauty, leisure goods
Homewares: cookware, furniture & floor coverings, lighting, linen & textiles
Non-store sales through the internet and mail order are also reported.

Additional weekly benchmarking data is also provided exclusively to contributing retailers.

"The High Street Sales Tracker is an invaluable way for mid-sized retailers to compare their performance with their competitors, without compromising confidentiality. It also helps aid better understanding of the health of the wider retail economy, and Retail Week is pleased to support the continued growth of the index."
- Tim Danaher, Editor of Retail Week

“Monitoring our sales performance is key to managing the business but understanding our internal data can be challenging. The High Street Sales Tracker provides an excellent guide to the general trends on the high street and allows a quick read of our relative performance in the wider market based on solid data, rather than received wisdom.”
- Roy Naismith, Finance Director, French Connection

"It's really easy to contribute our sales data to the High Street Sales Tracker. The prompt turnaround of the weekly results gives me a great idea of my company's trading position against other retail competitors." 
- Paul Harris, Finance Director, Liberty Plc

“It is always useful for us to know how we perform against the sector as a whole which is why we find the High Street Sales Tracker such a powerful tool.”
- The late Nick Samuel, Non-Executive Director Hobbs

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