The United Kingdom’s leading retailers were supermarket chains, with Tesco ranking at the very top based on its annual sales of approximately **** billion British pounds for 2022/2023. Together with Sainsbury’s, Asda, and Morrisons, this quartet is often referred as “Big Four” in the UK grocery retail market. When combined, Big Four sales constitute over ** percent of the grocery market in the UK.
Department stores still relevant
Despite concerns around decreasing consumer interest, department stores such as Marks and Spencer continues to be the UK’s most successful retailers. The company, which generated over **** billion British pounds in the year 2020/2021 is a hybrid business of grocery and clothing/general retail. That said, Marks and Spencer's food segment currently delivers more revenue compared with the brand’s other retail operations.
Amazon in the UK retail scene
As displayed in the present statistic, in addition to UK’s homegrown retail companies, online players like Amazon are imprinting their influence on the landscape as well. Over the years, the global online retail company’s UK sales rose exponentially, reaching about ** billion U.S. dollars as of December 2022.
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