Retail sales volumes are estimated to have fallen by 0.9% in March 2023, following a rise of 1.1% in February 2023 (revised from a rise of 1.2%), the latest ONS...
Mobile app experience company Airship has released findings from a global survey that highlight the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on Britain’s consumer shopping behaviours. Faced with soaring inflation, which reached 10.4% in...
Almost half (46%) of Londoners would choose a retailer that uses electric vans for deliveries over a firm using diesel or petrol power, new research reveals. Just one in 20 people (5%)...
Rising inflation, a continuing cost-of-living crisis and evolving consumer expectations and behaviors are presenting retailers with both significant challenges and new opportunities, according to a new loyalty survey report from...
Despite the economic downturn, luxury fashion has enjoyed a sales boost compared to the same time last year, according to data from brand advocacy platform Mention Me. While sales from...
With sustainability continuing to remain high on consumers’ agendas, half of UK shoppers would now support a delivery tax for online retailers levied to off-set carbon emissions caused by ecommerce...
A new survey has revealed that technical difficulties are among the most common work excuses for remote workers. Unexpected family events, sick family members, and other family emergencies come second....
At a time when global food and energy supply chains face mounting pressure, new research from Tetra Pak reveals businesses and consumers are determined not to lose sight of net...
With the change of the clocks and British summer time nearly upon us, the global beverage flavour expert, MONIN, has shared the findings from their annual Summer Drinks Trends Report...
For the third year running, more than 90% of customers reported receiving ecommerce deliveries at the first attempt, according to IMRG’s annual Consumer Home Delivery report, published in association with ecommerce fulfilment...
Online retail revenues rose significantly year-on-year in March, despite cost-of-living pressures continuing to squeeze household budgets, the latest data from Wunderkind, the leading performance marketing channel that scales one-to-one messages for...
Leading wine distributor Berkmann Wine Cellars has partnered with experimental psychologist Professor Charles Spence to understand the impact that surroundings can have on the taste of your drink – specifically wine. Their...
McVitie’s has launched a national campaign to reinstate the office tea and biscuit break amid research revealing that overworked employees are so busy they don’t even know the names of...
March marked online retail’s twenty-second consecutive month of negative Year-on-Year (YoY) growth, at -2.2%, excluding November 2022 which was flat. This figure is relative to March 2022 which saw a...
As part of the food and consumer goods industry’s shared ambition to halve the environmental impact of the UK packaging system by 2030, IGD has launched a new heatmap report...
According to retail experts MRI Springboard, over the seven days last week from Sunday to Easter Saturday, footfall was +14.2% higher than the week before which was the largest week...
As shortages of fruit and vegetables push UK food inflation to a record 14.5 per cent, suggesting little respite for households struggling with the cost of living crisis, new data...
Tipalti has looked at the latest stats and figures for unicorn companies in its new 2023 Unicorn report, following the success of its 2021 and 2022 reports, to reveal the...
The demand for physical retail remains a crucial part of the shopping experience among luxury shoppers, according to insights from The Evolving Art of Luxury Experiential Retail, a new report from BoF Insights and Royalmount. BoF...
Consumer card spending grew just 4.0% year-on-year in March, less than half the latest CPIH inflation rate of 9.%, as Brits made further cutbacks to cope with the cost-of-living crunch. However,...