Attacks on retail shop workers to become separate criminal offence retail Assaulting a shop worker will become a separate criminal offence in England and Wales following a recent wave in retail crime.
Wettest February on record leads to poor month for retail UK Economy New figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) showed that retail sales increased 1.1 per cent in the year to February, down from 5.2 per cent last year and below the three-month average of 1.4 per cent.