50% Vow To Do More Christmas Shopping Online As New COVID-19 Rules Likely To...
E-commerce is set to benefit from continued high street hesitation as half (50%) of UK consumers vow to do more of their Christmas season...
Store closures a sign of the retail evolution
UK retailers are facing unprecedented challenges. Even before the pandemic, brick-and-mortar retailers were struggling to attract shoppers to their high street branches. In fact,...
The new “conscious consumer” and how brands can impress them
Locking down the world for months was bound to leave a lasting legacy on society. One of the most positive outcomes is the increased...
The Psychology of Panic Buying
Memories of panic buying may be fading here in the UK but have resurfaced elsewhere. The near constant threat of another wave of Covid-19...
Consumers will support home-grown retailers this holiday season
Over half of global holiday shoppers (51%) plan to shop local during the 2020 holiday period, according to new research from Rakuten Advertising.
The research,...
Livestream shopping scooped $63bn in China last year and will reach the UK soon
Livestream shopping presenters have become social media superstars in China, as half a billion online shoppers tuned in to spend $63bn on livestream shows...
Deadstock discounting and Instagram are encouraging poor consumer patterns
Robert Lockyer, CEO and founder of Delta Global, a packaging provider for luxury fashion retailers explains how recent shifts in consumer sentiments could have...
Black Friday and Christmas on Facebook likely to be ‘most competitive ever’
Ecommerce social advertising agency Nest Performance has predicted that over Black Friday and Christmas ecommerce advertisers are likely to see record-high advertising costs and lower-than-ever average...
Spending returns to pre-lockdown levels in the Summer as UK splashes out
UK consumer spending experienced its first year-on-year increase since the beginning of the lockdown as pent up consumer demand helped the economy show early...
Co-Op comes out top in supermarket website speed survey
Comparison engine Uswitch has analysed British consumers' perceptions of slow websites and tested the sites of top supermarket brands, including Asda, AmazonFresh, and Marks...