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Almost half of UK consumers (48%) want returns to be more sustainable, according to the latest research by SAP Emarsys Customer Engagement, which conducted research amongst over 2,000 shoppers across...
Consumer spending in the UK on FMCG and Tech and Durables products (T&D) increased by 5% last year compared to 2022. In total, this market amounted to £281.5bn in sales...
Online grocery prices were 1.2% cheaper in February 2024, when compared with February 2023, and pet products were 0.5% cheaper than they were a year ago. This is the first...
Recent research by leading digital payment solutions provider takepayments has revealed businesses are losing up to £121 million in returns. Analysing data from takepayments POS machines between 2021-23, the statistics...
In a new report, independent British fashion brand Blakely, shares the results of a 2,000 respondent survey which found that most of the UK’s 18-35 year-old shoppers have no intention...
People in the UK that work on their feet all day report physical and mental fatigue – with a quarter (25%) on their feet for more than eight hours · ...
Small firms continue to face a challenging macroeconomic environment, as sales growth in the December festive period hit a three-year low, according to the latest Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) data from global small business platform Xero - which...
According to analysis of Office for National Statistics data by the Living Wage Foundation, almost 2.2 million jobs held by women (15.4% of jobs held by women) are paid below...
Total Till sales at UK supermarkets slowed (+5.3%) in the last four weeks ending 24th February 2024, according to new data released today by NIQ. This is a slight slowdown compared...
The UK’s local shops recorded a shocking 5.6million incidents of shop theft over the last year, smashing the previous record of 1.1m incidents recorded in 2023. The Association of Convenience...
New Consumer Spend data from Barclays’ annual contactless trends report has revealed that 2023 was another record-breaking year for ‘touch and pay’, further cementing it as the UK’s most popular...
Whilst the predicted easing of interest rates and inflationary pressure later this year will help the investment and development of new supermarkets, significantly raised construction costs and rental growth may...
Bazaarvoice, Inc., the leading provider of full-funnel authentic user-generated content (UGC) solutions, has unveiled its biannual Shopper Preference Report, capturing insights from 2,008 UK consumers. The report reveals that the...
Half of retail businesses in the UK are losing customers due to a poor delivery experience according to data from sustainable delivery company, Zedify. The data, based on 250 respondents...
February was saved by the school half-term holiday which contributed to an overall rise in footfall of +8.3% from the month before across all UK retail destinations. This was largely...
With the arrival of spring just around the corner and its official commencement on March 20th, anticipation fills the air as everyone eagerly awaits for the season's hottest trends. There’s...
Assumptions about Generation Alpha (6-16-year-olds) may need to be upended as research finds these digital natives are far from digitally exclusive, with more enjoying the experience of shopping in-store (69%) than...
As January sales give way to February returns, new research shows fashion items are topping the refunds list in the UK, with nearly 40% of Brits requesting refunds or disputing...
UK SMEs are feeling increasingly confident about the future of their businesses, according to the ‘Alibaba.com B2B Sentiment Survey’ released today by Alibaba.com, a leading platform for global business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce....
Grocery price inflation has fallen to 5.3%, marking the lowest rate since March 2022 and a decrease of 1.5 percentage points from January, according to the leading marketing data and...