Reopening high street will only succeed if retailers maintain strong online presence
Over the next few weeks, the UK will take its first steps towards emerging from lockdown. Like many other sectors, retail has been hit...
Lockdown forces Britons to seek retail therapy online
With the UK government announcing that the lockdown is set to continue for another three weeks forcing many retailers to remain closed, new Bloomreach data shows...
Are UK Retailers Ready to go Completely Cashless?
A new study by Merchant Machine has analysed Europe’s leading cashless economies. The study highlights the countries where citizens would like to go completely...
Which smart home products will Brits own in 2020?
Smart home products have drastically transformed the way in which people live. Essentially devices/appliances that can remotely be controlled over Wi-Fi by smartphones and...
Savvy-shoppers wise up to discounting trend
While half (58%) of consumers admit to buying items during discounting events, such as Black Friday or the January sales, 56% only do so...
New data suggests UK shoppers begin Christmas search as early as August
New search data released today by e-commerce platform Wowcher reveals that UK consumers are starting their search for that perfect Christmas present as early...
Black Friday sees 6% year-over-year improvement of in-store shopper traffic
Black Friday footfall increased by 6% compared to Black Friday 2018, according to official data from ShopperTrak. This is against a back drop of...
A third of Britons admit celebrities influence their Christmas shopping
A third of Britons admit celebrities influence their Christmas shopping, with the most influential celebrities hailing from YouTube.
It was initially found that one in...
Sensormatic Solutions predicts the busiest UK peak trading shopping days with its ShopperTrak traffic...
Johnson Controls today announced that Sensormatic Solutions, its leading global retail solutions portfolio, has released the annual ShopperTrak predictions of the top five busiest...
With 100 days to go, 13 million Brits have started their festive shopping
It’s 100 days to Christmas on 16 September and Santa’s sack is already filling up as 24% of Brits – equating to 13 million...