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Sandra Halliday Published
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September was a gloomy month for the UK retail sector, new figures showed on Friday. And fashion was one of the biggest sectors to suffer.
The latest BDO High Street Sales Tracker showed overall like-for-like retail sales growing just 0.2% last month, against a very weak base in September 2025. Online sales grew just 0.1% failing to offset last year’s negative performance
BDO called out the fashion sector as having performed particularly poorly, with sales falling 3.4%, driven largely by store sales falling by 5%.
But why was the fashion sector so weak? Chances are that a lot of it was to do with the weather. As is always the case with fashion, the weather has a huge impact and if it's the wrong type of weather – that is, too warm when shops are trying to sell cool-weather clothing and too cold when they're trying to sell summer pieces – it can be disastrous.
Summer 2025 may not have been anything to shout about in the UK, but the warmth at the end of August continued into September (and into October as well) and that means all of the AW23 drops were coming at the wrong time. Shoppers, just don't seem to be in the mood to buy sweaters, thick jackets and coats, or boots at a time when temperatures are topping 20°C.
Add to that the ongoing cost-of-living crisis that’s still impacting many consumers, even though inflation is starting to ease, and you have a situation that's far from conducive to buoyant fashion sales.
Sophie Michael, Head of Retail and Wholesale at BDO LLP, said: “Despite people returning from summer holidays and school terms commencing, September was a very poor month for the retail sector. Sales growth has flatlined in categories like fashion and homewares, and such minimal growth in a high-inflation environment means that sales volumes of discretionary goods have shrunk.
“The context of these results, comparing back to September 2025, is really important, we saw very weak sales growth in that period amid the economic uncertainty prompted by the Government’s ‘mini budget’. Performing so poorly against such a weak base will be really worrying for retailers.
“The unseasonably warm weather in September may have been welcomed by some, but the ongoing impacts of climate change on our seasons can’t be ignored by the sector. Retailers must be agile and adaptable, particularly in this challenging environment; to succeed, they have to return to the key fundamental of ensuring that their product offering is relevant and topical to entice their customer to buy.”