All Data articles – Page 9
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NewsShop price inflation eases again as it returns to ‘normal levels’
Shop price inflation has eased to its lowest level since November 2021, returning to “normal levels”, the British Retail Consortium has said.
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NewsRetail sales drop again in April
Retail volumes fell again in April as wet spring weather held back footfall.
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NewsUK consumer confidence inches up in continued upward trajectory
Consumer confidence inched up by two points in May in a similar rise as April driven by “the latest drop in headline inflation and the prospect of interest rate cuts in due course”.
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AnalysisHow Gymshark and Cult Beauty are cashing in on the TikTok opportunity
An exclusive survey of more than 1,000 online shoppers reveals what’s really making them part with their cash in our unmissable new report
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Opinion‘The answer does not lie in data, but in the stores’
Starbucks founder Howard Schultz has made some great points about what lies at the heart of business success. They apply to all of retail, believes George MacDonald
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NewsOnline spending growth slows as BNPL plateaus
Online spending in the UK in April increased 1.5% year on year to £8.1bn, but spending growth has slowed for the third consecutive month.
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AnalysisCan a bumper summer of sport boost retail spend?
A summer of sport is nearly upon us with Euro 2024 and the Olympic Games hitting our screens in the next few weeks. Retail Week asks whether these two sporting spectaculars might prompt consumers to splash the cash
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NewsRetail sales fall in April in ‘depressing start to spring’
UK retail sales took a dip in April as “dismal weather and disappointing sales led to a depressing start to spring for retailers”, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
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NewsLondon Marathon helps boost April retail footfall
Retail footfall in April saw a monthly rise of 1.2% across all destinations as shoppers made their way to high streets, battling bad weather conditions and rail strike disruptions.
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DataRanking: The top 15 most productive fashion retailers
We’ve teamed up with our sister brand Retail Navigator to give you a rundown of the fashion retailers that have the lowest cost of staff to sales ratio, and are therefore the most productive players in the sector.
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NewsMore than half of UK consumers opt for lockers for online delivery
More than half of UK consumers are now using delivery lockers for online purchases, as convenience and sustainability top the list of incentives for the service, according to research by Retail Economics and InPost.
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DataRevealed: The most-popular value retailers online
With the value sector remaining popular with UK shoppers, Retail Week teamed up with SimilarWeb to track which discount retailers have been seeing the most traffic to their websites over the past two years
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NewsExclusive: TK Maxx the most popular value website for bargain hunters
TK Maxx was the most-visited value retail website over the past two years, Retail Week can reveal.
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DataRanking: The 20 biggest international retailers in the UK
To see just how worldly the UK’s retail landscape has become, we asked Retail Week sister brand Retail Navigator to reveal the international retailers with the biggest UK sales, and how much they’re forecast to grow over the next few years.
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NewsRetail sales flat in March, official data shows
Retail sales growth was flat last month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported.
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NewsInflation rate reaches lowest level in over two years
The rate of inflation has fallen to its lowest level in two-and-a-half years, according to the latest figures by the Office for National Statistics.
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DataWhat makes Screwfix’s enviable ecommerce strategy stand out?
Screwfix is among the top 30 UK retailers recognised by analysts for leading ecommerce performance in the new Top 30 Ecommerce Retailers report. Here we deep-dive into the DIY brand’s digital model
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DataRanking: The fastest-growing retail brands in the UK
Retail Week can reveal the brands that have found impressive growth despite some of the toughest operating conditions.
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NewsBritish heritage luggage brand is one of the fastest-growing retailers in the UK
The third fastest-growing retailer in the UK last year was a 100-year-old British luggage brand, according to new transaction data collected for Retail Week.
