All Data articles – Page 15
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Data
Data: How cash-strapped customers will cut £25bn in spend – and the sectors hardest hit
Retail Week explores how the cost-of-living crisis will impact the way consumers spend and who will be worst affected
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Analysis
Data: The sectors that will win and lose this Christmas
The cost-of-living crisis is set to bite this festive season, with health and beauty the only sector to see volume growth, as Retail Week’s latest report reveals
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Data
Retail sales fall below lockdown levels as cost-of-living crisis deepens
Retail sales slumped in June to levels not seen since the depths of the pandemic.
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News
Footfall hammered by cost-of-living concerns despite platinum jubilee boost
Shopper numbers were boosted by the platinum jubilee in June, but footfall is expected to remain behind pre-pandemic levels for the “foreseeable future” as the cost-of-living crisis impacts consumer behaviour.
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Data
Data: Value is top concern for families amid cost-of-living crisis, M&S survey reveals
A survey by Marks & Spencer has found that financial worries are top of consumers’ concerns this summer.
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News
Shop prices soar as inflation hits highest rate since 2008
Shop prices have soared across all the metrics with inflation hitting the highest point in 14 years, with consumers facing the biggest cut in income since the 1970s.
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Analysis
Data: The forecast for store openings, closures and vacancies
The Great Store Revival report features data from Local Data Company (LDC) alongside industry predictions to provide a picture of what bricks and mortar will look like going forward.
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News
Three-quarters of consumers to cut Christmas spending due to cost-of-living crisis
More than three-quarters of customers are planning to reduce their spending on Christmas this year, with the cost-of-living crisis only set to deepen as the year goes on.
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Data
Retail sales tumble in May as consumers cut back on food shopping
Retail sales dropped in the month of May as the cost-of-living crisis hit consumer wallets.
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Data
Consumer confidence drops to record low as economic gloom spreads
Consumer confidence has taken another blow in June as the cost-of-living crisis worsens.
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Retail Voice
Why the health and happiness of retail workers is paramount
One in five retail workers plans to leave the industry, but that’s just the tip of the wellbeing crisis in retail, says Retail Trust chief executive Chris Brook-Carter.
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News
City centre footfall battered by rail and tube strike chaos
Footfall dropped across city centre shopping destinations as people opted to stay home and avoid the strikes.
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Data
Data: New ranking reveals top 30 UK retailers by store growth
Retail Week’s latest report features new analysis of the retailers that expanded their store footprint the most from January 2019 to March 2022. It also features data from Local Data Company to show the sectors that are driving store growth and where the opportunities lie.
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Data
Post-pandemic spending bubble bursts as shoppers rein in spending
Retail sales fell last month as consumers’ disposable income came under increased pressure, signalling an end to the post-pandemic boom enjoyed by some retailers.
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News
Shop prices soar in May but inflation to ‘get worse before it gets better’
Shop prices rose further in May as inflationary pressures took their toll on retailers’ margins.
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Data
Consumer confidence plummets to lowest-ever levels as cost-of-living crisis escalates
Consumer confidence has reached an all-time low since records began in 1974.
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Data
Data: The 15 most improved retailers for gender pay equality 2022
Retail Week ranks the top-performing and most improved retailers for gender pay equality this year.
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Data
Cost-of-living crisis has ‘crushed’ consumer confidence and halted retail recovery
Retail sales have been battered as the spiralling cost of living has “crushed consumer confidence” and reversed the green shoots of retail’s post-Covid recovery.
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Data
Data: Prices soar in April driven by furniture, electricals and books
Shop prices have reached record highs across all categories as cost pressures from the war in Ukraine and Shanghai’s lockdown mount.