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The Kerry Health and Nutrition Institute (KHNI), announces the launch of its Ten Key Health and Nutrition trends for 2025, offering insights into the future of food and beverage innovation. Developed with...
Co-op today reveals that seven in ten (70%) people from a lower socioeconomic background may be missing out on career or educational opportunities due to their background – a total...
Economic and geopolitical challenges, combined with shifts in customer values, will define a turbulent year ahead for the global $2.5 trillion fashion industry, according to The State of Fashion 2025, the highly-anticipated...
Today, Adobe released the findings of its 2024 UK holiday online spending forecast covering the period from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31, 2024. Based on Adobe Analytics data, the report...
While the holiday season is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, it can sometimes feel overwhelming. New research from online retailer Very unwraps the biggest Christmas Conundrums facing...
UK shoppers spent a total of £53.7bn on FMCG in Q3 2024, this is a 3.7% uplift on the same quarter last year. New data reveals a silver lining for...
The UK faces a shortage of LGV (large goods vehicle) drivers. The crisis peaked in 2021 when there was a shortfall of over 100,000 qualified drivers. Three years later, in...
As retailers accelerate into the “golden quarter” new YouGov research finds nearly half of consumers (48%) that buy Christmas gifts say they are not influenced by Black Friday, Cyber Monday...
Influencers and social media now have more sway on the Christmas gifts Baby Boomers and Gen Z Brits buy than multi-million pound advertising campaigns, according to new research from the...
A new study commissioned by the Fairtrade Foundation and conducted by Impactloop sheds light on the significant economic benefits that flower workers in Kenya receive through the Fairtrade Premium, with...
Online retailers saw a significant increase in online Halloween sales, bolstered by the event (31 Oct) falling during school half-term as well as coinciding with Diwali, according to data from Wunderkind,...
Total retail sales across discretionary spend categories grew by +4.1% in October, compared to an overall sales decline of 1.7% for the same month last year, according to BDO’s latest...
Halloween and Diwali celebrations drove footfall, data for Week 44 from MRI Software shows. Jenni Matthews, marketing & insights director at MRI Software, said: "A spooktacular half-term week combined with...
Consumer card spending grew 0.7% year-on-year in October – less than September’s increase (1.2%) and below the latest CPIH inflation rate of 2.6%. Growth was propped up by spending on...
Gen Z consumers are preparing to make significant outlays in the first three months of the new year as a fall in levels of anxiety and nervousness in conjunction with...
Millennials and Gen Z shoppers are expected to be the highest returning demographics when it comes to sending back fashion purchases bought on Black Friday this year, according to the...
Deliveroo, the UK’s leading food delivery platform, has today released its annual ‘Deliveroo 100 Report,’ revealing the top trending dishes of 2024 ordered on the platform across its ten markets...
With Halloween coinciding with school half-term and the religious festival of Diwali this year, UK shoppers embraced spooky season, delivering a boost to in-store shopper traffic, the latest data from Sensormaic...
As eco-consciousness continues to grow, consumers are urging retailers and brands to further evolve. A new study by product intelligence platform, Vypr has highlighted four pivotal strategies that retailers and brands need...
A new report from Ecommpay and IMRG, 'eCommerce Checkouts: UK Retailers Reveal Their Checkout Strategy and Performance', has revealed the key checkout changes that could boost conversion rates. While the average conversion...