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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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ITV broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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