FSP Retail News IndexYear 2013Month 4

Monthly Index

All Retailers C & F Household Leisure Personal Grocery Food &

Beverage

Index 100 91 100 101 93 105 106

% YoY Change 1.4% -0.4% 3.2% 0.3% -6.4% 3.7% 4.1%

Monthly Time Series

Year Month All Retailers C & F Household Leisure Personal Grocery Food &

Beverage

2012 4 99 92 97 101 99 102 1022012 5 99 92 96 97 101 102 1032012 6 98 92 97 103 98 99 1022012 7 98 92 98 97 96 97 1002012 8 99 95 101 99 97 96 1012012 9 100 97 100 97 95 97 1022012 10 100 96 99 100 95 98 1032012 11 99 94 93 102 96 99 1042012 12 100 94 93 102 99 100 1062013 1 100 94 95 100 99 100 1042013 2 100 93 100 98 95 102 1032013 3 99 92 100 99 94 103 1042013 4 100 91 100 101 93 105 106

Notes

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Retail News Index (RNI) has been produced by FSP to track the mood of the UK retail market. As part of the SnapShop service, FSP typically review over 350 unique items of retailer news in the trade and national press every month. Each item is scored according to the sentiment of the news (i.e. expanding / strong sales growth: positive, store closures / redundancies: negative). RNI is the sum of these scores, indexed against 2005 and averaged over a three month period to eliminate volatility and produce a reliable trend indicator. The RNI time series for all retailers starts at May 2002. The content of this report has been derived from statistical, trade and published sources. Whilst FSP has used its best endeavours to ensure the accuracy of the information, it cannot accept liability for any data therein nor any interpretation made therefrom.

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