Campaigns

Influencing the economic and policy environment and driving change across retail

Campaigns

Influencing the economic and policy environment and driving change across retail

The BRC’s purpose is to make a positive difference to the retail industry and the customers it serves, today and in the future.  

The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the transformation of the retail industry and the factors driving it – technology changing how people shop, increasing costs and slow growth in consumer spending. 

As the industry emerges from the pandemic and focuses on recovery and investing in the future, retailers are dealing with a new set of challenges arising from cost inflation and their customers grappling with the increased cost of living.

We campaign on these and other issues that are top of mind for retailers today, or on longer-term structural change programmes that require cross-industry collaboration to increase momentum and drive change.

Read more about our priorities below.

The BRC’s purpose is to make a positive difference to the retail industry and the customers it serves, today and in the future 

The biggest issues facing the retail industry today are covid recovery, dealing with cost inflation and supply chain challenges. The pandemic has accelerated the transformation of the industry and the factors driving it – technology changing how people shop, increasing costs and slow growth in consumer spending. 

Beyond Covid, we campaign on a range of issues to ensure the industry thrives through this period of transformation. These focus either on issues that are top of mind for retailers today, or on longer-term structural change programmes that require cross-industry collaboration to increase momentum and drive change. 

Read more about our priorities below.

Change Programmes

  • Better Jobs Priority

    Diversity & Inclusion Charter

    Improving senior level diversity as part of the industry’s transition to Better Jobs
  • Better World Raw

    Climate Action Roadmap

    Galvanising and accelerating the industry’s commitment to deliver net zero by 2040
  • Online Retail (1)

    Digital Transformation

    Helping retail reap the benefits of digital transformation

The Today Agenda

  • Import Export 6

    Supply Chain and Covid-19 Recovery

    Helping mitigate current market challenges
  • Better World Raw

    Packaging & Waste

    Shaping new regulations to help build a circular economy
  • Business Rates Priority

    Business Taxation & Rates

    Reducing the business rates burden and ensuring the industry doesn’t pay more tax
  • Crime Priority

    Violence & Crime

    Better protection for retail workers from violence & abuse
  • Food

    Food

    Shaping the UK’s food strategy to deliver for customers

The BRC gives us an opportunity to benchmark and keep abreast with our retail colleagues, provides easy access to government policy makers, and collates an ‘industry’ view, which can then have influence and impact.

Marks & Spencer

Public policy is impacting on the retail industry on many fronts – without BRC membership it would not be possible for us to maintain awareness and influence the outcome.

Boots

Even when we only have limited influence on legal/regulatory changes, the early warning of change and ongoing updates from the BRC mean that we are able to plan our response with the maximum possible window.

The Very Group

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