FMCG sales growths for the first quarter of 2014, aggregated across Europe, were up just +1.7% year-on-year for the second consecutive quarter, according to the latest figures released today by global information and insights company Nielsen. The 1.7% nominal value
After two months of weakening growths, the late Easter provided a timely boost for the UK’s leading supermarkets, helping sales value growths hit +5.3%, according to the latest data from global information and insights company Nielsen. During the four weeks
Sales at the UK’s leading supermarkets in January were lower than a year ago, according to the latest data from global information and insights company Nielsen. Aggregate sales value growths during the four weeks ending 1 February 2014 were down -0.4% year-on-year
Following two successive quarterly rises, UK consumer confidence fell back three points to 84 in the final quarter of 2013, according to the latest report from Nielsen. In the previous quarter, consumer confidence hit a six-year high of 87.
A combination of factors meant year-on-year sales growths at the UK’s leading supermarkets over the four weeks across Christmas hit their lowest levels in at least seven years – according to global information and insights company Nielsen. Despite consumers spending
Sales growths at the UK’s major supermarkets declined for the third successive 12-week period – according to the latest retailer performance figures released today by global information and insights company Nielsen. Aggregate sales value growths for the UK’s leading supermarkets
More UK consumers (72%) than Europeans (61%) say loyalty schemes – marketing programmes that reward members with purchase incentives – are prevalent where they shop. But proportionally fewer of these UK consumers say they are more likely to visit those retailers
Consumer confidence has hit its highest level in the UK for six years, jumping eight points on the previous quarter to 87 in Q3 2013 – according to the latest figures from Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and
In an effort to counter slowing sales growths since the summer, the UK’s major supermarkets have spent 14% more on TV and press advertising in the four weeks to mid-October than in the same period last year.Meanwhile, aggregate sales value
Eighty-five percent of global consumers, and 81% of UK consumers, say rising food prices will impact their choice of grocery products, according to a new study by Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch
FMCG sales growths for the second quarter of 2013, aggregated across Europe, were up +1.2% year-on-year, compared to +3.3% year-on-year the previous quarter (Q1 2013), according to the latest figures released today by global information and insights company Nielsen. The 1.2% nominal value rise
Half of global consumers surveyed are willing to pay more for goods and services from companies that have implemented programmes to give back to society, an increase of five points from 2011 (45%), according to a new study from Nielsen,
The July heatwave contributed to sales growth rates almost twice that achieved by the UK’s leading supermarkets during the London 2012 Games – one of last year’s peak sales periods – according to the latest retailer performance figures released today
The UK is the second most popular shopping destination for online shoppers overseas, after the US and ahead of China and Germany, according to an analysis of cross-border online shopping attitudes, behaviours and spend by Nielsen for PayPal. Britain’s world-beating retail
The four weeks ending 22 June 2013 saw mixed fortunes for the UK’s leading supermarkets with the majority of sales growths coming from the discounters and Waitrose, according to the latest retailer performance figures released today by global information and
European FMCG sales experienced an upturn in the first quarter of 2013 after four successive quarters of slowing year-on-year growth, according to the latest figures released today by global information and insights company Nielsen. FMCG sales growth across Europe
More than one in five (22%) UK consumers cited rising food prices as their first or second biggest concern, compared to 18% two years ago – according to Q1 figures from Nielsen. This makes rising food prices the third
Food and drink sales at the UK’s leading supermarkets stabilised in the final two weeks of April after a slow start to Q2 (due to Easter falling earlier in 2013 than in 2012), according to the latest retailer performance figures released
British consumer confidence levels took a hit in the first quarter of 2013 as the number of Britons with no spare cash and the number who believe they’re in a recession increased on the previous quarter, according to the latest
Despite a slow start to the Easter trading period and the cold weather, Easter falling early provided a welcome boost to March food and drink sales at the UK’s leading supermarkets, according to the latest retailer performance figures released by
Profitero, a leader in competitive pricing intelligence, has announced its platform now monitors the prices and promotions of 50m products across 4,000 global retail websites every day, exceeding any other supplier in the industry and providing the largest product reach
UK consumers (with internet access) are almost three times more likely than Europeans as a whole to consume at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, according to a new study from Nielsen, a leading global provider of
Shoppers are economising but not compromising, according to the latest retailer performance figures released by global information and insights company Nielsen. UK consumers are spending more at value retailers (discounters) to make household budgets stretch further, but are also willing
Retail sales of frozen burgers, the product that sparked the horse meat revelations last month, are down 40% year-on-year to 2 February 2013, according to new figures from Nielsen. But the decline is almost entirely down to shoppers eschewing own
A drop in the use of vouchers, coupons and fuel discounts compared to a year ago, combined with cautious shopper behaviour, saw a slow start to 2013 for the UK’s leading supermarkets, new figures from Nielsen reveal. It found aggregate
