Shop Prices on the Rise for First Time in a Year
- In June 2025, UK shop prices returned to inflation with a 0.4% rise year-on-year, reversing May’s 0.1% decline, according to the British Retail Consortium-NIQ Shop Price Index.
- Last autumn’s budget increases on national insurance and wages, combined with geopolitical and climate pressures, prompted shop prices to return to inflation in June 2025.
- Data shows fresh food inflation rose to 3.2%, ambient food to 4.3%, while non-food deflation deepened to-1.2%, driven by wholesale, labour, and weather factors.
- Shop prices returning to inflation in June may slow consumer spending despite good weather and retailer discounts on non-food goods, raising economic concerns.
- The UK government faces pressure to ensure the upcoming business rates reform does not increase shop costs, amid rising inflation and cost pressures on retailers.
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Shop prices return to inflation for first time in almost a year
Overall shop prices were 0.4% higher in June than a year earlier, according to the BRC-NIQ Shop Price Index.
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Shop price inflation increased to 0.4% year on year in June, against a decline of -0.1% in May, according to the BRC-NIQ Shop Price Index. Non-food inflation increased to -1.2% year on year in June, against a decline of -1.5% in May while food inflation… This story continues at Shop prices return to inflation amid rising retailer costs Or just read more coverage at Talking Retail
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