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Transforming food waste using sustainable technologies could produce enough protein to tackle the global food crisis.  Researchers from King’s College London have found using just one of these processes to...

As the global fashion industry faces headwinds in other regions, the outlook for the Middle East remains strong. The region’s $89 billion fashion industry is set to record a 7%...

Nfinite, the leader in next-generation visualisation and e-commerce merchandising, partnering with Coresight Research, today announced the findings of Coresight Research's report CGI and 3D Product Imagery: The Future of Visual...

The total value of all contactless payments jumped 49.7% in 2022, as Brits embraced the £100 transaction limit and returned to high street shopping following the easing of all coronavirus...

Retail sales volumes are estimated to have increased by 0.5% in January 2023, following a fall of 1.2% in December 2022 (revised from a fall of 1.0%); sales volumes were...

While throwing away the odd squishy tomato or the leftovers from our plate might seem minor, food waste is a huge global issue that needs to be tackled. But the...

New data from Wunderkind, the leading performance marketing channel that scales one-to-one messages for retailers and brands, reveals that retailers risk leaving 1st party data capture opportunities on the table. In-depth...

Businesses of all sizes need to prioritise investment in their existing customers if they want to survive the cost of living crisis according to customer engagement experts at Appreciate Business...

New year’s resolutions drive an increase in spending on health and fitness subscriptions in January, but overall spend is down year-on-year driven by cost-of-living cutbacks, according to new data from...

Two thirds of British consumers (67%) state that their disposable income decreased ‘a lot’ in the last 12 months, according to data from YouGov’s new Financial Outlook 2023 global whitepaper from YouGov...

Two thirds of people in the UK would be more likely to carry a reusable bottle if there were more water fountains, according to the latest poll. Some 64% of...

Consumer electronics brands are looking to increase their direct-to-consumer selling in 2023, despite the cost of living crisis and reductions in consumer spending. In addition, they are looking to broaden...

Industrial action on the rail networks prompted a boost to e-commerce revenues last week as shoppers ventured online to beat travel disruption, the latest data from Wunderkind, the leading performance...

Money saving is now the main driver for students buying second-hand clothing, with 76% of Gen Z  second-hand clothes shoppers aiming to cut spending according to the new fashion report from UNiDAYS, the world’s leading...

The slowdown in UK retail-sales growth to 4.2% in January (albeit against a strong 2022) suggests share-price euphoria after better-than-expected peak trading may have been misplaced, with volume falling more...

UK non-food retail sales values are expected to hit £249 billion in 2023, but the 2.6% increase, or additional £18.2 billion of spending on the previous year, will be driven...

British shoppers are reining in grocery spend post-Christmas, as UK supermarkets experienced a continued decline in volume sales during the four weeks ending 28th January 2023, reveals new data released...

Difficult trading conditions continued into the new year for e-commerce, where total market online retail revenue growth experienced a -2.2% YoY decline, presenting negative-on-negative growth against the huge, lockdown-affected rate...

With consumer spending declining, 2023 looks set to be a tough year for retailers (and consumers), especially as the lines between physical and digital commerce become increasingly opaque and complicated....

Consumer card spending grew 9. % year-on-year in January – higher than in December (4.4%) and slightly above the 9.2% rise in consumer price inflation – as new year sales, blockbuster film releases and a...