Cold and wet weather hit sales at the top UK grocers last month and compounded unfavourable comparisons with the hot bumper Easter of April 2011, according to the latest retailer performance figures released by information and insights firm Nielsen. Headline
An unseasonably warm March, coupled with Mother’s Day and Easter preparations, led to an improvement in sales growths at UK grocery retailers last month,according to the latest retailer performance figures released today by Nielsen. Headline value year-on-year growth at the UK’s grocery
Supplier funded promotions are the most efficient and cost effective promotional mechanism, according to new research by Nielsen; commissioned by retail marketing programme specialist, TCC. Nielsen has undertaken a year-long research programme to identify the most effective promotions over this
Shoppers are becoming ever-more promiscuous in search of the best deals as consumer loyalty to any particular supermarket was tested last month, according to the latest UK retailer performance figures released today by Nielsen. Headline value growth year-on-year at the
BT has unveiled a vision for British retailing in 2020 by bringing together a panel of retail executives and researchers to forecast future trends. Retail Times editor, Fiona Briggs, joined a roundtable discussion to debate the key themes Personalised shopping
Dutch food group Wessanen has bought UK tea and coffee company, Clipper Teas. Clipper will be integrated into the group’s UK business, Kallo Foods, which operates the organic brands Kallo and Whole Earth. Established in 1984, Clipper claims to
Trading at British supermarkets showed encouraging signs in the post-Christmas trading period, according to the latest retailer performance figures released this afternoon by analysts Nielsen. The headline value growth at the UK’s grocery multiples for the four weeks to 4 February 2012
Discount retailer Aldi was the top performing grocer at Christmas, according to figures from Nielsen for the four weeks to 24 December 2011. According to Nielsen, Aldi enjoyed stellar growths of more than 40% in December as a flood of new
Aldi’s television advertisment featuring a po-faced old lady sitting alone at her dining table declaring, “I don’t like tea – I like gin”, has been voted the nation’s favourite ad in a study compiled by Nielsen. The Aldi advertisement held
Research company Nielsen is forecasting UK supermarkets will take £3.5bn in the final week before Christmas. Nielsen senior manager for retailer services, Mike Watkins, said: “Supermarkets are expected to have a steady final week’s trading in the run-up to Christmas. We
Shopper spend stalled in November 2011, despite the supermarkets’ continuing lure of price cuts, money-off vouchers, fuel discounts and promotions, new data from Nielsen reveals. And, the proportion of goods on offer in UK stores is back up to 37%
More than two thirds of consumers, 68%, believe the UK is still in recession and jobs fears have increased, according to the latest GB Consumer Confidence Survey from Nielsen and the British Retail Consortium (BRC). While the survey shows the
Unseasonably warm weather last month has given British supermarkets a short-term sales lift, but it is their continued use of promotions that is maintaining retail footfall and total store spend, according to new figures from Nielsen. Value growth at the UK’s grocery
The challenges in developing a global food safety culture were explored at the Global Food Safety Conference 2011 in London last week, 16-18 February 2011. More than 600 delegates from 60 countries joined the three-day event to share ideas in
