New Year's Day trading for large retailers: consultation analysis

Report on the public and stakeholder consultation results from the consultation on New Year's Day trading.


Footnotes

1. A shop which has a relevant floor area exceeding 280 square metres. The relevant floor area is the area of a shop used for making retail sales or for the display of goods in connection with those sales.

2. This report sets out the high-level results. A detailed analysis of all Citizen Space responses will be published once that analysis has concluded.

3. CBI Scotland; Scottish Property Federation; Scottish Chambers of Commerce; The Scottish Tourism Alliance; Revo Scotland; Company Chemists' Association; Scottish Newspaper Society; Scotland's Towns Partnership; Music Industries Association; Scottish Wholesale Association; Essential Edinburgh; Aberdeen Inspired.

4. 2 of the 13 organisations responded separately to the consultation so the figure has been adjusted accordingly.

5. SRC-Shoppertrak Footfall Monitor, 12 July 2021

6. SRC-LDC Shop Vacancy Monitor, 30 July 2021

7. Scottish Retail Sales Monitor, 20 July 2021

8. GDP Monthly Estimate: July 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) [experimental official statistics].

9. Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) wave 40: 20 September – 3 October 2021

10. Worrying Signs for Retail as September Sales Sound Alarm Bells (brc.org.uk)

11. SRC-KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor – September 2021.

12. Internet sales as a percentage of total retail sales (ratio) (%) - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

13. USDAW - New Years Day Working in Scotland

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