UK retail sales volumes rose by a healthy percentage month on month in April, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Friday, with a 1.2% spike following a rise of only 0.1% in March (revised down from an estimated 0.4% in the last ONS bulletin). Photo: Pexels That was far from surprising given that Easter…
Despite the month-on-month/year-on-year disturbance in the force (Easter), April returned to offer some sort of normality, delivering a welcome positive boost for UK retail destinations. And for once, related data from both MRI Software and the BRC/Sensormatic footfall monitor were in agreement. Photo: Pixabay Acknowledging Easter’s shift into April from March a year ago had…
Some holiday traditions are meant to evolve. At least that’s what I told myself when I decided to make a whole fillet of salmon the center of Easter brunch. Among classic main dishes, it requires the least amount of time to cook, but looks and tastes impressive, pink for spring and light for all the…
Images of rebirth and renewal are everywhere at Easter: hatching chicks, hordes of bunnies and emerging flower buds. Also returning, prompted by the occasion and a crowd to feed, are the seasonal bakers, rested from the holidays and re-energized for spring. Easter is an opportunity to bake for loved ones, and these two recipes, charming…
One month, two contrasting views on how retail footfall performed in March compared to both February and 12 months ago. Photo: Pexels And prepare for more confusion for April with the British Retail Consortium (BRC) telling us to expect the later shift in the timing of this Easter holiday (18-21 April) distorting year-on-year comparisons for…
For John Young, the fourth generation to work at Young’s Jersey Dairy in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Easter means lots and lots of eggs. In years past, on the week leading up to the holiday, the team at this family-owned farm and amusement park buys 10,000 of them for their annual Easter egg hunt. They are…