The number of clean shaven men has fallen almost 20% in the last five years[source], so it’s either a coincidence – or maybe no surprise – that the barber trade is one the fastest growing retail categories in the UK and h... Read more

In the UK there are 31,107 beauty salons and 1,512 nail bars[source], but those numbers are not set to remain that way for long, as beauty salons are another business among retailers experiencing growth. In 2018, a net number of 495 sa... Read more

Vaping’s global rise has been rapid; the number of vapers has grown from just seven million in 2011, to an estimated 40 million in 2018 [source]. In the UK in 2017 there were approximately 2.8 million adults who said they smoked an e... Read more

Us Brits are renowned for our tea drinking predilections, but if the stats are to be believed, we are also a nation of habitual coffee drinkers too. There are approximately 24,000 coffee shops in the uk[source], with 7,000+ (28% of the... Read more

Considering notable closures among the mid-market restaurant chains in the last year, it might come as a surprise that the restaurant and bars category saw the third largest number of net openings in 2018. There were 218 net restaurant... Read more