Online sales growth continued to slowly slide in August, falling against July by -4.1%. While overall sales remained strong – growth was up +43.5% year-on-year (YoY) – this result dipped below the rolling 3-month average of +49.95%. That’s according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales performance of over […]
As Brits brace themselves for a second wave of the coronavirus, the leading home delivery specialist ParcelHero says retailers and manufacturers are already facing a perfect storm. Footfall in retail parks, shopping centres and high streets was 70% down in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same time last year – and the […]
SmileDirectClub, the oral care company with the first medtech platform for teeth straightening, today announces it will be supporting British high streets and helping to drive the economy by rolling out a series of its first storefronts nationwide, starting this September. This coincides with the company’s first birthday in the UK and Ireland, showing its […]
The boom in online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic has seen more than one in seven UK retailers (15%) create roles specifically to cater to an increase in digital sales and boost online capacity, according to a study of over 300 senior retail executives conducted by Barclays Corporate Banking. With £3 in every £10 now […]
Covering the four weeks 2 – 29 August 2020 In August, UK retail sales increased 4.7% on a like-for-like basis from August 2019, when they had decreased 0.8% from the preceding year*. On a total basis, sales increased by 3.9% in August, against a decline of 0.4% in August 2019*, It is above the 3-month […]
A Manchester giftware supplier has strengthened its financial standing with the support of a seven-figure funding package from Lloyds Bank. Based in Oldham, Widdop Bingham specialises in the design, import and export of home and giftware products for household name retailers. Having been established as a manufacturer of fine clocks and watches in 1883, the […]
ProDog has recently been selected as a finalist in Lloyd’s National Business Awards 2020 for The Virgin Atlantic Customer Experience and Loyalty Category, and of course, we’re absolutely over the moon. In fact we’re howling it from the rooftops for so many reasons. Previous winners include fitness sensation Joe Wicks, Timpson CEO James Timpson OBE, […]
Covering the four weeks 2 – 29 August 2020 According to BRC-ShopperTrak data: UK footfall decreased by 34.8% in August, with only a 7.3 percentage point improvement from July. This remains below the longer-term 12-month average decline of 27.6%. Footfall on high streets declined by 41.7% year on year. This was the worst performing location […]
From November, the internet giant Google will apply the full cost of Britain’s new Digital Services Tax (DST) to all ads on UK Google and You Tube as an additional fee to advertisers. The e-commerce delivery expert ParcelHero says this move is exactly what it warned about when the idea of the so-called ‘Amazon tax’ […]
Nine out of ten shoppers say free delivery is their number one incentive to spend more, reveals new research conducted by the e-commerce delivery expert ParcelHero. Orders with free shipping are also 30% higher on average than those with delivery costs. Amid concerns that the government’s proposed new compulsory delivery charge will remove this key […]
