WHOLESALERS FACE UNCERTAINTY AS BRITAIN DIPS INTO DEFLATION
March 9th, 2015
With Britain facing deflation for the first time since 1960, with the trend likely to affect the economy, to a greater or lesser extent for the remainder of the year at least, wholesalers are facing uncharted territory. It may be true, as the business information and research company Nielsen claims, that the long decline in sales in the UK retail food sector is over. But with deflation, it may be foolish to conclude that wholesalers and retailers can look forward to healthier profit margins as a result. Predictably, none of the UK's food wholesale companies will ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.