As the UK begins reopening all stores for business, Edge has amended its forecasts for the leading UK retailers in 2020, presenting a very different post-pandemic picture.

Unsurprisingly, there is better than originally anticipated growth now forecast for the grocers, who have benefited from stockpiling and increased home eating in 2020, as well as a trend towards bigger basket sizes.

Supermarkets and hypermarkets are now expected to grow by 3% this year as a result of these changes.