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Consumer behaviour analyst Experian has released shopper footfall data for the week commencing 23 January 2012. It reveals Experian FootFall Retail Index – UK National Weekly: Change for week 04 (23–29 January 2012): +2.3 % Change for week 04 year-on-year:
In the first Retail Times and Euromonitor International Retail Spotlight feature, Jon Wright, head of retailing research at Euromonitor International, considers the global impact of modern grocery retailing The pace at which grocery retailing is modernising
Instant, ground or whole bean coffee are the most popular choices for the at-home barista but single cup coffee still has an audience, according to new Mintel research. It found 17% of coffee drinkers say they prefer their coffee one
Tesco’s share of the UK grocery market has fallen below 30% for the first time since May 2005, according to the latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks ending 22 January 2012. Tesco grew at 2.1%
Shopper analytics firm, Experian FootFall, has launched cloud-based software for retailers and shopping centres, which it says will allow businesses to analyse store insights to improve performance. According to Experian, its Site Analytics has been developed to give store managers
Most shoppers are not prepared to wait in a queue and, faced with one, a third would go online and a fifth to an alternative store, new research from YouGov reveals. Its study found 59% of consumers reluctant to queue,
Over 55s are the UK’s biggest online shoppers with 86% shopping regularly online, according to new research from web hosting company, BaseKit. It found 36% of these silver surfers say they do their majority of shopping online, rather than on
Consumer behaviour analyst Experian has released shopper footfall data for the week commencing 16 January 2012. It reveals: Experian FootFall Retail Index – UK National Weekly: Change for week 03 (16– 22 January 2012): -3.5 % Change for week 03 year-on-year:
The top five retailers in the ChannelAdvisor UK Facebook Commerce Index – Topshop, ASOS, New Look, River Island and Urban Outfitters – accumulated an impressive 909,000 fans in December, with Topshop continuing to dominate and pulling further away from the
UK toy sales grew by 3% in 2011, according to new research by The NPD Group. The NPD Group said the modest overall growth rate last year was a result of disappointing results in September, when the value of sales
Retail sales fell in the first two weeks of January, according to the latest monthly CBI Distributive Trades Survey. The CBI said 44% of retailers saw sales volumes fall on a year ago, while 22% reported a rise, giving a balance of
Price comparison website, mySupermarket has teamed up with research company SymphonyIRI Group, to provide a multi-channel view of shoppers’ behaviour in the UK – both online and in store. According to the two companies, the service will provide unprecedented insight
Industrial action by UK workers on 30 November 2011 helped fuel a surge in online shopping and record sales, according to BT’s retail division, BT Expedite and Fresca. The figures for the Christmas shopping period, from BT’s retail customers, show
Online sales in the UK reached £7.9bn in December 2011, equivalent to £155.00 per person, fiigures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index reveal. Sales were up by 12.2% on November 2011 and by 16.5% on December 2010, with the
Discount stores have increased their occupancy of former Woolworths stores the most in the last 12 months, figures form the Local Data Company reveal. Discount retailers now occupy 29% of the former Woolworths estate, up 7% on January 2011. Supermarkets
Google, Amazon and Marks & Spencer are the most highly-rated brands by UK consumers for the second year running, according to the latest YouGov BrandIndex league table. YouGov’s BrandIndex measures how consumers perceive brands on a daily basis in terms
The cost of retail crime in the UK has increased by 31% to £1.4bn – equivalent to 130,000 retail jobs, according to the British Retail Consortium’s Retail Crime Survey 2011. While there has been a reduction in the number
Consumers in the UK have developed a growing appetite for fast (quick service) food, according to the latest data from independent food service research agency NPD Group. It shows over half of all meals eaten out of the home are
Shopper activity during December 2011 increased by 3% compared to December 2010 driven by retailers’ promotions and heavy discounting, the Experian Footfall Index reveals. The positive growth was an expected result given the adverse weather conditions of snow throughout the
Research company YouGov says its online brand tracking tool, BrandIndex, predicted the decline of Tesco in December 2011. Stephan Shakespeare, CEO and co-founder of YouGov, wrote an article using BrandIndex data in December 2011, which tracked Tesco and its
Figures from Defra showing UK households through away 17% of all food bought could be slashed if they opted for frozen equivalents instead, claims the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF). Commenting on the Department’s findings, Brian Young, director general of
Shopping via mobile devices went mainstream in 2011, according to new research by IBM. Its study of 150 online retailers – pure play and multi-channel operators – found sales from mobile devices accounted for 12.9% of total online sales in
Falling occupier demand and increasing availability drove down commercial property rental expectations in the final quarter of 2011, according to the RICS UK Commercial Market Survey (11 January 2012). Overall tenant demand continued to fall in the final three months
Consumer behaviour analyst Experian has released shopper footfall data for the week commencing 2 January 2012 and for the overall footfall in 2011 versus 2010 in the UK. It reveals: Experian FootFall Retail Index – UK National Weekly: Change for
Bad online product reviews are good for business, according to data from social commerce company Reevoo. Sixty-eight per cent of consumers trust reviews more when they see both good and bad scores, while 30% suspect censorship or faked reviews when
