Data
Data is critical to driving informed decisions in retail. This category covers everything from consumer behavior insights and sales performance metrics to advanced data analytics tools and forecasting strategies. Retailers can explore how data influences marketing, inventory management, and customer engagement to enhance business performance.Key highlights include:
- Analysis of customer shopping habits and buying patterns
- Insights into data-driven marketing strategies
- Exploration of predictive analytics and AI tools for retail
Klarna harnesses power of AI to release ‘The Untrend Report’, identifying list of trend-defying products
Today, Klarna, the AI-powered global payments provider and shopping assistant, released ‘The Untrend Report’, a look into the top products that defy trends from brands that are rated four or...
Half of UK consumers back return to VAT-free shopping for tourists, RTS research reveals
Despite the Government refusing to overturn the abolition of the duty-free shopping for tourists in the Spring Budget, now half (50%) of UK consumers want the scheme to be reinstated,...
Yorkshire Tea is Brits’ cuppa of choice, but what is your city’s favourite?
The UK is undoubtedly a nation of tea lovers, with over 100 million cups drunk each day! To celebrate, new data from TonerGiant has set out to find what brand of tea is the...
Retailers warned: 95% of illegal vape sellers go unpunished, new FOI data reveals
New data shows illegal vapes were seized from nearly 3,000 unscrupulous sellers in 2023 across the UK, but only 1 in 20 were issued fines. Illegal vapes haven’t gone through...
Survey finds consumers drive change as businesses invest in sustainable packaging
For the third consecutive year, metal packaging giant, Eviosys, has commissioned a Europe wide survey to ascertain consumer sentiment towards packaging, this year embracing the additional element of business’ awareness...
Half of UK consumers say they have cut non-essential spend so far in 2024
Half of consumers say they have cut non-essential spend in the first quarter of the year and consumers are four times more likely to save than spend, according to new...
IGD packaging report details calls to action for a resilient sustainable packaging system in the UK
IGD has released a packaging report detailing calls to action for a resilient sustainable packaging system in the UK. Delivering More Sustainable Packaging Systems invites policymakers and leaders across the food...
MRI Software: retail footfall shows signs of stabilising as early Easter break provides a modest rise from February
March witnessed a modest rise in retail footfall across the UK, with an increase of +1.7% compared to February, signalling the lowest month on month rise for this period in...
NIQ: slowing inflation and supermarket savings help UK shoppers
Total Till sales at UK supermarkets grew (+5.4%) in the last four weeks ending 23rd March 2024, according to new data released today by NIQ. Whilst this is a slight increase...
Whistl launches report on UK e-commerce returns trends in 2024
Whistl the UK’s leading logistics specialists in e-fulfilment, mail and parcels has launched a report on ecommerce returns covering UK consumer trends in 2024 and an associated best practice guide. Findings from...
B&Q launches ‘The Way We Live Now’ report 2024
Today, B&Q has released it’s report ‘The Way We Live Now - 2024’, revealing the year’s top insights into how the relationship with our homes is changing. From challenging DIY stereotypes...
One in four shoppers avoid buying from international retailers due to returns concerns, new ESW and Asendia research reveals
Asendia, a global leader in ecommerce and mail solutions, and ESW, the leading global direct-to-consumer (DTC) ecommerce company, share the latest insights from their report, Shipping and Returns: Leveraging Logistics to Unlock...
Easter sales spring early, latest Kantar data shows
Take-home grocery sales rose by 4.6% over the four weeks to 17 March, with an early Easter boosting sales of seasonal treats in the first three months of 2024 by...
From smart carts to Gen Alpha: here are the five big retail trends set to shape 2024
Over the years, our shopping habits evolve in line with societal changes. Who would have thought in 2010, for example, asking an AI bot for shopping advice just over a...
Retail sales volumes flatline in February after January rise, latest ONS figures show
Retail sales volumes (quantity bought) were estimated to be flat (0.0%) in February 2024, following an increase of 3.6% in January 2024 (revised from an increase of 3.4%), according to...
Brand ‘love’ is in the air and ‘comfort’ spending drives cost-of-living sales, new research reveals
It’s no secret that shopping makes us feel good, but what does that really mean? In a new survey, carried out by Product of the Year and Kantar, 8,000 UK consumers were...
Two fifths say AI making customer service worse, BSI research finds
Only 15% of Britons believe AI has enhanced their customer service experience and 41% say it has made it worse, amidst the rise in organizations using chatbots and similar tools...
IGD publishes new report outlining long term risks to a resilient UK food system
IGD, the essential partner to a thriving food and consumer goods industry, has today published a new report outlining long-term risks to a resilient food system in the UK. A...
Customers set the trends in payments, latest Worldpay report reveals
Digital wallets are the preferred payment choice in e-commerce and at POS Consumers are setting the trends in payments with digital wallets becoming their preferred payment choice around the world....
UK holiday-goers shun credit and turn to savings for travel spending, Loqbox data reveals
A new survey by financial wellbeing leader Loqbox finds that budget-conscious UK holiday-goers are cutting down on credit borrowing to fund their summer travel plans, and instead are dipping into existing savings....
