Over the period between the first quarter of 2006 and the fourth quarter of 2019, the retail sector in the United Kingdom (UK) has deteriorated, as indicated by the retail health index displayed in the present statistic. According to the source, the retail health index score of the UK retail sector saw its lowest level in the first quarter of 2020, when the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic started. Retail Health Index was measured at 61 at the time. For the third quarter of 2021, the index level is forecast to be at 74.
The source calculates and assesses the state of health of the UK retail on a quarterly basis taking into account the demands retail goods and services; retail sales, volume and price data; as well as margins and costs associated with the sector.
Retail Health Index (RHI) of the retail sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2006 to 3rd quarter 2021
* Forecast. The index base is Q1 2006=100. The source makes the following note regarding the criteria used in the assessment of the health index of the retail sector in the UK: "Every quarter members of the RTT make quantitative assessments of the impact on retail health of demand, margins and costs for the quarter just completed and a forecast of the quarter ahead. These scores are submitted individually and aggregated for the RTT’s quarterly meeting. The individual assessments are ultimately a combination of objective and subjective ones, drawing upon a wide range of hard datasets an softer qualitative material available to each member."
The source did not provide an exact date of release for data. In this statistic, date of access is used in lieu of date of release
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Retail Think Tank. (December 10, 2021). Retail Health Index (RHI) of the retail sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2006 to 3rd quarter 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090330/quarterly-retail-health-index-united-kingdom-uk/
Retail Think Tank. "Retail Health Index (RHI) of the retail sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2006 to 3rd quarter 2021." Chart. December 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090330/quarterly-retail-health-index-united-kingdom-uk/
Retail Think Tank. (2021). Retail Health Index (RHI) of the retail sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2006 to 3rd quarter 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090330/quarterly-retail-health-index-united-kingdom-uk/
Retail Think Tank. "Retail Health Index (Rhi) of The Retail Sector in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 1st Quarter 2006 to 3rd Quarter 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090330/quarterly-retail-health-index-united-kingdom-uk/
Retail Think Tank, Retail Health Index (RHI) of the retail sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2006 to 3rd quarter 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090330/quarterly-retail-health-index-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Retail Health Index (RHI) of the retail sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2006 to 3rd quarter 2021 [Graph], Retail Think Tank, December 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1090330/quarterly-retail-health-index-united-kingdom-uk/
