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As holiday shoppers navigate today’s evolving economic landscape and mounting credit card debt concerns, budget-friendly practices and new tech adoption is on the rise, according to new research from Klarna, the AI...

In an exclusive series of interviews with top-tier executives in the UK retail sector, Predyktable reveals nine pivotal challenges and strategic priorities for 2024. With CEOs, CIOs, and CMOs grappling...

The opportunity for a bargain is just one of the reasons people plan to buy something online this Black Friday, according to research from Royal Mail, with fear of missing...

Retail sales volumes are estimated to have fallen by 0.3% in October 2023, following a fall of 1.1% in September 2023 (revised from a fall of 0.9%), according to the...

Despite ongoing challenges, small and independent retailers are looking ahead to next year positively, with expectations of business growth rising significantly among 59% of those surveyed in 2022 to 89%...

Kantar, the world’s leading marketing data and analytics company, today releases its new report, Turning Tables: From dine-in to doorstep - Unlocking the Foodservice frontier. The research reveals that dining out is back...

Brits are finding new ways to make Christmas cost less this year, with almost one in three (30%) planning to reduce their spending on presents for family and friends –...

Total Till sales at UK supermarkets have grown (+8.7%)1 in the last four weeks ending 4th November 2023 according to new data released today by NIQ (previously known as NielsenIQ). This growth is...

New research from TK Maxx surveyed over 2,000 individuals across the UK (aged 16 and above) to examine how the nation feels about giving and receiving gifts on landmark occasions....

Following the release of The Works’ figures for the 26 weeks ending 29th October 2023; Oliver Maddison, retail analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “The...

The UK’s biggest brands are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to develop better customer and colleague experiences, according to KPMG’s latest Customer Experience Excellence Report, now in its 14th year.  This...

Savvy millennials and Gen Z plan to hit the high street early this year to spread the cost and take advantage of seasonal sales events as mounting cost of living...

The latest data from MRI Software (previously MRI Springboard) indicates that Storm Ciaran hit UK high streets hard on Thursday, as consumers avoided shopping amid dangerous conditions. Footfall was down -17.3% on UK high streets yesterday,...

New data from Bynder forecasts that interest in Christmas ads is back on the rise in the UK, after a record low in 2021. British brands including Argos, Asda and Waitrose have...

With Christmas just weeks away, advent calendars are surging in popularity by 295%, according to new data from Taboola, with more than 25,000 page views on this topic in the last...

Nordic countries continue to lead the world in their adoption of cashless payment methods, according to new data from Nets, part of Nexi Group, the European PayTech. Cash use in the Nordics...

Brits are more at risk of winter illness than of our European neighbours as we are not stocking our fridges and cupboards with the right food and drink to improve...

Rituals – the same thing, done the same way, consistently and reliably – no matter how small, can play a huge part in shaping our lives both within and outside...

New data from global hiring and matching platform, Indeed, shows that searches for Christmas jobs are up by nearly a third (31%) on this time last year, as businesses ramp...

The retail industry has seen a bigger rise in suspected digital fraud attempts coming from the UK than any other industry in the first half of 2023, based on the...