The BRC has published the 2025/26 edition of our Christmas FAQs where we pull together many of the commonly asked questions about retail at Christmas. You will find:
• Retail sales figures from the past year
• Festive sales forecasts
• General FAQs
o Supply Chain
o Crime
o Food Safety
o Cost of Living
o Sustainability
• How retailers are supporting customers this Christmas
• Key dates for your diary
Download the Christmas FAQs here
Please note, we cannot share any sales statistics for Christmas and Boxing Day until the Retail Sales Monitor is released on 13 January 2026 (embargoed copy available day before).
Also, you can find our 2026 Economic Insights calendar containing all the publication dates of our Monitors, including the Shop Price Monitor, Retail Sales Monitor and Footfall Monitor.
The BRC offices will be closed from 25 December 2025 - 2 January 2026. If you have any enquiries during this period, please first consult the Festive FAQs before calling our out of hours line on 020 7854 8924.
Thank you, and have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.
