{"id":164124,"date":"2021-02-11T09:14:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T09:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T12:10:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T12:10:15","slug":"non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-food retailers have lost \u00a322bn in sales due to lockdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lockdown measures have cost non-food retailers around \u00a322 billion in lost sales<\/strong> since the start of the pandemic, according to new figures.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said the closure of non-essential stores and distancing restrictions have weighed on UK high streets over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

The trade body has called on the Government to take action on business rates, rents and grants<\/strong> ahead of the Chancellor\u2019s spring budget next month in order to help the sector\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n

It requested an extension to the current business rates holiday<\/strong> which is due to expire at the end of March.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, 18 retail leaders including supermarket bosses called on the Chancellor to extend the relief<\/a> and to help put brick and mortar stores on a \u201clevel playing field\u201d with online rivals.<\/p>\n

The BRC said retailers contributed \u00a317bn in business taxes in 2019,<\/strong> collecting a further \u00a346bn in VAT.<\/p>\n

The group said an extension to the moratorium on debt enforcement by landlords will \u201csupport thousands of retailers\u201d<\/strong> who face accumulating rents even while their stores are unable to trade.<\/p>\n

It also called for the decision to apply EU state aid limits to lockdown grants to be reversed<\/strong> and called on the Chancellor to remove \u201call bureaucratic restrictions stopping businesses receiving these vital support funds\u201d.<\/p>\n

BRC CEO Helen Dickinson said: \u201cAfter 2020 proved to be the worst year on record, it is essential that the Chancellor uses the spring budget to support those businesses hardest hit<\/strong> by the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cVital support in the form of an extension to the business rates relief and moratorium on debt enforcement,<\/strong> as well as removing state aid caps on Covid business grants, would relieve struggling businesses of bills they cannot currently pay and allow them to trade their way to recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cTackling the challenge of rates, rents and grants should be the Government\u2019s immediate priority<\/strong> to ensuring the survival and revival of non-essential retailers and protecting the jobs of hundreds of thousands of retail workers across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lockdown measures have cost non-food retailers around \u00a322 billion in lost sales since the start of the pandemic, according to new figures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":137726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16042,10585,6,10494],"tags":[10520,10519,14598,11408],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNon-food retailers have lost \u00a322bn in sales due to lockdowns - TheIndustry.fashion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lockdown measures have cost non-food retailers around \u00a322 billion in lost sales since the start of the pandemic, according to new figures.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Non-food retailers have lost \u00a322bn in sales due to lockdowns - TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lockdown measures have cost non-food retailers around \u00a322 billion in lost sales since the start of the pandemic, according to new figures.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theindustryfashion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-11T09:14:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-06T12:10:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Primark-7.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"506\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TheIndustry.fashion\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/1e694ebd9d1ca2c1b0b08c13d8160c35\"},\"headline\":\"Non-food retailers have lost \u00a322bn in sales due to lockdowns\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-11T09:14:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-06T12:10:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/\"},\"wordCount\":341,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"BRC\",\"British Retail Consortium\",\"Business rates\",\"Helen Dickinson\"],\"articleSection\":{\"0\":\"COVID-19\",\"2\":\"Finance\",\"4\":\"News & Insight\",\"5\":\"Retail & Etail\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2021\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/\",\"name\":\"Non-food retailers have lost \u00a322bn in sales due to lockdowns - TheIndustry.fashion\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-11T09:14:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-06T12:10:15+00:00\",\"description\":\"Lockdown measures have cost non-food retailers around \u00a322 billion in lost sales since the start of the pandemic, according to new figures.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Non-food retailers have lost \u00a322bn in sales due to lockdowns\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/\",\"name\":\"TheIndustry.fashion\",\"description\":\"Fashion news, insights, podcasts and events for professionals from across the fashion sector.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization\",\"name\":\"TheIndustry.fashion\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LOGO.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LOGO.png\",\"width\":585,\"height\":217,\"caption\":\"TheIndustry.fashion\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theindustryfashion\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theindustryfash\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theindustryfashion\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/10970016\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/1e694ebd9d1ca2c1b0b08c13d8160c35\",\"name\":\"TheIndustry.fashion\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4a921d975273dd89abbaa67292bf147?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4a921d975273dd89abbaa67292bf147?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TheIndustry.fashion\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Non-food retailers have lost \u00a322bn in sales due to lockdowns - TheIndustry.fashion","description":"Lockdown measures have cost non-food retailers around \u00a322 billion in lost sales since the start of the pandemic, according to new figures.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Non-food retailers have lost \u00a322bn in sales due to lockdowns - TheIndustry.fashion","og_description":"Lockdown measures have cost non-food retailers around \u00a322 billion in lost sales since the start of the pandemic, according to new figures.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/","og_site_name":"TheIndustry.fashion","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theindustryfashion\/","article_published_time":"2021-02-11T09:14:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-08-06T12:10:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":506,"url":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Primark-7.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"TheIndustry.fashion","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@theindustryfash","twitter_site":"@theindustryfash","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TheIndustry.fashion","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/"},"author":{"name":"TheIndustry.fashion","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/1e694ebd9d1ca2c1b0b08c13d8160c35"},"headline":"Non-food retailers have lost \u00a322bn in sales due to lockdowns","datePublished":"2021-02-11T09:14:27+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-06T12:10:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/"},"wordCount":341,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization"},"keywords":["BRC","British Retail Consortium","Business rates","Helen Dickinson"],"articleSection":{"0":"COVID-19","2":"Finance","4":"News & Insight","5":"Retail & Etail"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2021","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/","url":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/","name":"Non-food retailers have lost \u00a322bn in sales due to lockdowns - TheIndustry.fashion","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-02-11T09:14:27+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-06T12:10:15+00:00","description":"Lockdown measures have cost non-food retailers around \u00a322 billion in lost sales since the start of the pandemic, according to new figures.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/non-food-retailers-have-lost-22bn-in-sales-due-to-lockdowns\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Non-food retailers have lost \u00a322bn in sales due to lockdowns"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/","name":"TheIndustry.fashion","description":"Fashion news, insights, podcasts and events for professionals from across the fashion sector.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization","name":"TheIndustry.fashion","url":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LOGO.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LOGO.png","width":585,"height":217,"caption":"TheIndustry.fashion"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theindustryfashion\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/theindustryfash","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theindustryfashion\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/10970016\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/1e694ebd9d1ca2c1b0b08c13d8160c35","name":"TheIndustry.fashion","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4a921d975273dd89abbaa67292bf147?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4a921d975273dd89abbaa67292bf147?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"TheIndustry.fashion"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}