JD estimates riot damage will be £10m

Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of JD Sports Fashion, told the Telegraph that the financial impact for the chain was a “substantial multi-million pound bill”.

He added: “I feel like being physically sick. The way it has gone viral is so depressing.”

Riots, which started in Tottenham on Saturday night, have since spread across the capital and last night retailers in Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool were hit as riots spread across the country.

It is estimated the riots will cost the economy more than £100m. Nick Starling, a director at the Association of British Insurers predicted the total cost of rioting would be more than £100m.

Retailers have bore the brunt of the riots and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said that retailers would face long term problems with damaged properties affecting reputations as well as short term problems from stolen goods.

Stephen Robertson, the director general of the BRC said: “Staff are being intimidated and traumatised, those responsible must be prosecuted and punished. Retailers and their staff are particularly vulnerable and need protecting.”