The traditional Christmas returns avalanche on the first working day of the year was less fevered than in previous years, reveals the delivery expert ParcelHero. It says Takeback Tuesday’s return volumes were down because many Brits were working from home or off sick because of the surge in Omicron cases. ParcelHero’s head of consumer research, […]
Period Covered: 01 – 07 December 2021 Shop Price annual inflation accelerated to 0.8% in December, up from 0.3% in November. This is above the 12- and 6-month average price decreases of 0.9% and 0.3%, respectively. Following November’s rise, this is the second time that prices have risen since May 2019. Non-Food deflation accelerated to […]
Responding to the latest ONS jobs figures, which show 3.010m jobs in retail, down 22,000 year-on-year, Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, said: “The UK retail industry saw a decline in the retail workforce in Q3, with 22,000 fewer jobs than the same time in 2020. This figure also includes around 97,000 […]
40% of shoppers are ditching websites with poor payments processes, according to research published today by Vyne. The specialist account-to-account payments platform has today launched a new report, Retail payments reinvented: how consumer demand is changing, which explores online payments preferences of 2,002 British consumers following a 43% rise in e-commerce sales since the onset […]
National independent business directory & marketplace, Shopli, believes that Christmas shopping has changed for good as consumers are more focussed on their local communities, sustainability and supporting independent businesses. A recent survey of festive shoppers supported this theory and nearly half (43%) of those surveyed admitted that supporting and shopping independently actually gave them a […]
2020 was a turbulent year in which much of retail bounced between being open and closed, impacting footfall significantly. To make meaningful comparisons to changes in footfall, all 2021 figures are compared with 2019 (pre-pandemic). This means our 2021 figures are now year-on-two-years (Yo2Y), rather than year-on-year (YoY). Covering the four weeks 31 October – […]
Period Covered: 01 – 05 November 2021 Shop Price annual rose by 0.3% in November compared to October’s decrease of 0.4%. This is a above the 12- and 6-month average price decreases of 1.2% and 0.6%, respectively. This is the first time that prices have risen since May 2019. Non-Food deflation slowed to 0.1% in […]
Data released today by Quantum Metric, the SaSS company for digital customer insights, has found that a struggling UK supply chain is making the UK public more conscientious shoppers ahead of Christmas and into 2022. When asked how continuing shortages will impact them, consumers said they expect to keep a closer eye on spending due […]
Bargain loving Brits are yet to ramp up their spending as Black Friday approaches, with debit card spending at retail outlets up just 2% in two weeks , the latest spending analysis from Lloyds Bank has found. With many shoppers perhaps holding out for Black Friday deals, spending on clothing (2%) and jewellery (2%) remains […]
Inclusive clothing e-retailer Snag Group has unveiled plans to expand in the UK and overseas. The Livingston-based e-commerce company, which sells recyclable hosiery and clothing for people of all sizes, was founded in 2017 by entrepreneur Brie Read who wanted to build the business on a foundation of size inclusivity and tights that provided a […]
