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Early Christmas shopping helped consumer spending rebound in November, rising 3.0% year-on-year, according to Barclaycard’s monthly analysis of the UK’s spending habits. Following a muted October, spending was pushed up by growth in retail spending – which posted its best
Retailers failed to capitalise on potential profits on Cyber Monday as they struggled to cope with the pressure of increased website traffic driven by seasonal promotions, according to live website performance data from Borland, a Micro Focuscompany. Borland said its website performance
The Furby Boom from Hasbro is expected to be the best-selling kids’ toy this Christmas, with just over one in 10 respondents (11%) putting their money on the Furby to come out on top at the festive tills, according to ICM
The race to harness the growing volumes of data for competitive advantage has put increasing strain on skills and resources within businesses, according to a new survey by SAP. The research of over 300 businesses in the UK and US
Half of all older shoppers say retailers don’t think their age group is important, and only one in five agree retailers value their age group because they have more time and money, according to a report from Shoppercentric, an independent
The UK’s independent coffee shop and café industry has seen a 15% rise in new businesses opening over the last two years, according to figures released by CloudZync, creator of smart mobile wallet, Zwallet. The research, which has been released in
Wal-Mart continues to be seen as the top retailer in the United States and China by manufacturing trading partners in both countries, according to Kantar Retail’s latest PoweRanking. However, pure-play online retailers are starting to make their presence felt in both
Weekend sales for eBay.co.uk show that Brits are snuggling up and preparing for winter with heavyweight duvets, onesies and snow boots among the top 10 selling items. The Hunger Games is not only leading at the box office, but the book trilogy
While consumers are more likely to shop at Tesco, Iceland’s customers are the most likely to recommend their supermarket and Waitrose customers are the most satisfied, according to a new study of 2,500 consumers conducted by Market Force Information, a
Overall shop prices reported annual deflation for the seventh consecutive month in November, slowing to 0.3% from the 0.5% decline reported in October, according to the BRC-Nielsen November Shop Price Index. Food inflation slowed to 2.3% in November from 2.7% in
Experian, the global information services company, has today revealed the scale of online retail shopping this Cyber Monday (2 December 2013). Insight from Experian Hitwise, the online competitive intelligence tool, shows that Cyber Monday 2013 was the biggest and busiest day ever for online retailers in
More local shop owners are planning to invest in their businesses than at any time over the past two years, according to the Association of Convenience Stores’ latest quarterly Voice of Local Shops survey. Retailers are more optimistic than in
Next is the bricks and mortar retailer currently providing the best overall customer service and engagement across four key social media channels, according to new research commissioned by IMGROUP, examining the social footprint of 10 top bricks and mortar retailers
Online sales of non-food products grew 16.0% in November, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. Notwithstanding a relatively weak comparative of 7.5% last year, this was the fastest growth registered this year. Excluding the December months, which
Over a third of women (35%) believe they are more generous with their gifts compared to the presents they get from their family and friends in return, a problem for just 16% of men according to research from global payment
Black Friday (29 November 2013) will trigger a £4.4bn spending spree as cash-strapped Brits hit the pre-Christmas sales, according to research by digital marketing technology expert, RedEye. According to the RedEye Pre-Christmas Sales Report, more than 25m consumers will flock either in-store or
IBM has analysed online retail traffic and sales from 25 November 2013, the Monday before Mega Monday on 2 December 2013. The IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark found shopping has gone truly mobile. Slick mobile retail sites and convenient access to brands
Safer food, less waste, more efficient food production and better use of natural resources are just some of the goals inspiring the work of a new research group at the University of Lincoln, UK. The Agri-Food Technology Research Group
The latest supermarket share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland, for the 12 weeks ending 10 November, show a welcome boost for shoppers with price inflation dropping to 2.9%. Having remained above 4.0% for the past 12 months, peaking in
Product recalls and other food safety incidents reported to and by the Food Standards Agency are merely the tip of the iceberg, according to research performed by Trace One. While the general public is only aware of food recalls that
High street sales were flat in the year to November, disappointing retailers’ expectations for the second consecutive month, the CBI said. Department stores, grocers and clothing shops were some of the worst hit, whereas hardware & DIY performed very strongly,
One in five (19%) multi-channel online sales are now click and collect, new data from IMRG and Capgemini reveal. Looking at a comparison with the same period last year, in Q3 of 2012 the percentage of multi-channel sales that were click
Shoppers aged under-35 are more likely than their older counterparts to shop ethically, cook from scratch and are more than twice as likely to think they will be better off in the year ahead, according to research from IGD ShopperVista.
Driving shopper missions, delivering value and leveraging digital are the three top ways to stand out from the crowd in convenience, according to Michael Freedman, shopper insight manager, IGD. Presenting at IGD’s Convenience Retailing conference, Freedman said staple top-up shopping
New foodservice industry figures from The NPD Group, a global information company, show Britain’s fish and chip shops saw a small increase in total spend (sales) of +1.1% to year ending September 2013. Consumers are now spending an average of
