Retailers brace for £9.52bn Black Friday blitz
UK shoppers to spend £3.36bn on Black Friday - up 5.7 percent YoY Cyber Monday to see sales hit £3.38bn outperforming all other days over Black Friday [...]
Consumer caution fails to out-spook UK shoppers as Halloween revives retail footfall, according to Sensormatic’s data
Footfall on Halloween rose +4.6 percent year-on-year, while week-on-week the spooky season event delivered a +3 percent boost to shopper traffic on Fri 31sy Oct 2025 Retail [...]
Half of consumers want shopping season promotions before end of October
2025 shopping season survey unveils consumer engagement expectations Global cloud communications platform Infobip’s 2025 shopping season survey[1] has revealed the festive period really does start earlier each [...]
New research reveals top Halloween trends and consumer spending plans
There is mixed news for retailers this Halloween as consumers plan to spend less overall, but are turning to the high street and supermarkets rather than following [...]
Sensormatic Solutions reveals its predictions for the UK’s busiest in-store shopping days of the Christmas season
Super Saturday (20th Dec 2025) is predicted to be the season’s busiest shopping day for in-store retail for the third year running Consumer spending caution prompts some [...]
Gen Z turn British airports into their own TikTok runway
Holidaymakers are turning heads before they even board a flight, with a new survey revealing that Gen Z travellers are leading a trend for curated airport looks [...]
Total Till sales rise as UK shoppers return to routine with back to school and look ahead to Christmas
Total Till sales growth grew to +4.1 percent in the last four weeks, up from +3.7 percent in the previous month, as shoppers start to plan spend [...]
Card spending grows by just 0.5 percent in August, but base rate cut helps ease pressure on personal finances
Consumer confidence in the UK, European and global economy all rebounded in August, following the base rate reduction Beauty posted 53 months of consecutive growth, rising 15.6 [...]
Sustainability and ethics driving second-hand retail
Research from DHL eCommerce UK finds nearly half of Brits now buy or sell items on online marketplaces Sustainability is a top driver for buying preloved, second [...]
P.Louise smashes £2.7m in record-breaking Christmas TikTok Shop LIVE
Viral beauty brand P.Louise broke TikTok's UK record generating over £2/$2.7 million in just 14 hours during its Showcase Live to pre-launch its Christmas Collection The highly anticipated event saw the [...]
Card spending grows 1.4 percent in July, as stable confidence in household finances and mixed weather boost non-essentials
Clothing performed strongly, up 4.2 percent, contributing to a 1.9 percent growth in retail Confidence in household finances held strong at 72 percent, after reaching a four-month [...]
Summer style surge: How Gen Z is fuelling online marketplace fashion sales
New eBay Advertising research suggests younger consumers will drive the season’s style spend – and ads will be pivotal in turning their browsing into buying. Gen Z are [...]
Retail set for £113m cash injection from England’s Women’s Euros Final, according to VoucherCodes.co.uk
9.5m shoppers to make a purchase for the Women’s Euros Final Grocery retailers to enjoy £97.2m boost from food and drink sales Retailers to see £566.4m spent [...]
Festival season fuels spike in online vintage shopping, Checkout.com data reveals
As the UK’s summer festival season kicks off, new data from Checkout.com reveals a notable spike in online spending at second-hand and vintage clothing retailers, suggesting that [...]
How sports fever is helping power the UK High Street
By Deann Evans, Managing Director EMEA at Shopify This summer, both the UK high street and online retailers are experiencing a noticeable uplift in consumer activity, with [...]
UK consumers to spend £78 million at retail stores over Women’s Euro Quarter-final
UK retailers are forecast to see five million consumers shop either in-store or online for the Quarter-finals stage of the Women’s Euro tournament, according to a new [...]
UK and European e-commerce order volumes increased +18 percent YOY in Q2 as soaring summer temperatures spiked sales
UK and European e-commerce order volumes increased by +18 percent in the first quarter (Q2) of 2025, with a +25 percent spike in June, as exceptionally hot [...]
Kids pick putters over pints this Father’s Day
New spending data released by Checkout.com reveals the categories that topped Brits’ spending in the run up to Fathers’ Day in 2025, including books, golfing goods, clothes and subscriptions [...]
Functional drinks boom as Gen Z swaps out coffee and alcohol for healthier alternatives
New data from Ocado Retail reveals sales of functional drinks such as kombucha, kefir and matcha have surged by 54 percent since last year as it has [...]
Half of Brits shop for experience, not purchase, finds PPL PRS survey
Nearly half (46 percent) of shoppers get more of a mood boost from the experience itself rather than the items they buy, according to research by PPL [...]
October 2025 issue
2025 A1 Buyers Guide
