Retailers set for a £3.04bn boost from shoppers this ‘panic-weekend’
£3.04bn to be spent this ‘Panic Weekend’ (21st - 22nd Dec) 39.3 million people to shop in-store and online over the weekend ‘Super Saturday’ to drive £1.53m [...]
Super Saturday footfall to rise +0.5 percent year-on-year, with intensified brand switching to grow discount retailers’ share of Christmas spend
Super Saturday (21st Dec 2024) is expected to drive a rise in retail footfall, as last-minute shoppers descend on stores, according to RetailNext, the analytics solution for bricks [...]
The UK is set for pre-loved party season as more than a quarter of adults plan to buy second-hand outfits over Christmas and New Year
Oxfam is calling for an end to throwaway festive fashion as nearly 30 percent of adults admit new party purchases were only worn once More than one [...]
Enthusiastic UK shoppers drive e-commerce sales up 7 percent during the five-day shopping event
UK shoppers shook off their high-price weariness and leaned into the annual shopping festival including Black Friday and Cyber Monday, driving online sales 7 percent higher than [...]
Footfall boost continues into the Black Friday weekend, according to Sensormatic Solutions Shoppertrak Analytics
After a +4.8 percent year-on-year boost to in-store traffic on Black Friday (29th Nov 2024), footfall on the Saturday of the Black Friday weekend (30th Nov 2024) [...]
A quarter of UK consumers plan to treat themselves this Christmas, finds Blackhawk Network (BHN)
22 percent of UK consumers plan to buy themselves gifts this Christmas 47 percent of UK consumers plan to turn to AI to help with Christmas gifts [...]
Consumers now expect retailers to provide personalised offers, finds new American Express research
New research from American Express reveals shoppers are becoming increasingly discerning when it comes to winning their loyalty – with retailers responding by prioritising new tailored ways [...]
Black Friday weekend spending to hit £9.14bn as shoppers stock up for Christmas
Shoppers expected to spend £9.14bn this Black Friday Weekend (29th Nov – 2nd Dec) – up 4.5 percent YoY Black Friday sales up 5.6 percent YoY to [...]
Research reveals consumers want to shop local this festive season as small business pop-up from Mastercard and Worldpay arrives at Birmingham’s BullringResearch reveals consumers want to shop local this festive season as small business pop-up from Mastercard and Worldpay arrives at Birmingham’s Bullring
Research reveals consumers want to shop local this festive season as small business pop-up from Mastercard and Worldpay arrives at Birmingham’s Bullring
Mastercard research shows 72 percent of Birmingham residents want to shop local this festive season, while 82 percent say small businesses are important to the local economy [...]
Millennials will return a quarter of all Black Friday fashion purchases, according to True Fit’s research
Millennials and Gen Z shoppers are expected to be the highest returning demographics when it comes to sending back fashion purchases bought on Black Friday this year, [...]
Younger shoppers lead the bricks and mortar retail revival, RetailNext data shows
Despite frequent digital-first and social media dependent stereotyping, Gen Z and Millennial shoppers are the most frequent visitors to UK retail stores, helping drive the physical retail [...]
Half-term Halloween treats retailers to a +17.7 percent boost to UK store footfall
This year, Halloween coincided with both school half-term and the religious festival of Diwali, helping to further boost in-store shopper visits High Streets saw the biggest weekly rise [...]
Festive spending in the West End expected to reach £1.7bn
Forecast from New West End Company predicts that sales in the district, across November and December, are expected to grow by 3.2 percent compared to last year. [...]
Super Saturday tipped to be the busiest in-store shopping day of Peak Trading 2024
UK footfall data indicates that Super Saturday will again see higher in-store traffic than any other day during the 2024 Peak Trading season Black Friday’s impact on [...]
Back To School boost sees online revenues rise +5.3 percent year-on-year, Wunderkind’s data shows
Back To School, an increasingly important trading period for UK retailers, delivered a welcome boost to online retail revenues, according to the latest data from Wunderkind, the AI-driven [...]
Younger shoppers urge brands to increase use of digital channels for customer service, says new survey
Survey reveals that 16-24-year-olds report WhatsApp as their top preference for contacting a brand, followed closely by Instagram Less than half (43 percent) of UK consumers say [...]
A successful summer at Thistles, Stirling
While the Scottish summer may have been a washout as far as the weather was concerned, it was anything but at Thistles shopping centre in Stirling this [...]
August bank holiday set to brighten retail and hospitality with £600m boost
The August bank holiday is set to boost retail and hospitality sales by 15 percent, equating to an additional £600 million contribution to the economy, according to [...]
Visa data shows boost in tourism in France as the Olympic Games Paris 2024 come to a close
42 percent more tourists traveled to Paris in the first week of the Olympic Games, with US Visa cardholders representing the largest share of visitors (72 percent, [...]
Visa data shows how spending at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 is boosting the French economy
26 percent year-on-year rise in sales for Paris small businesses during the first weekend of the Olympic Games Paris 2024[1] Significant increase in spending from Visa cardholders [...]
Dec 2024/Jan 2025 issue
2024 A1 Buyers Guide
