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Springfields Outlet and Leisure sees in New Year with stores trading strongly

16th January 2023|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Record sales results at the outlet as Springfields continues to be a hugely popular destination in the Heart of England Announcing that Cadbury Outlet has signed in [...]

Festive gatherings and holiday bookings boost hospitality and travel in December, while utility bills continue to impact finances

10th January 2023|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Supermarket growth slowed as many Brits stocked up on festive food and drink earlier than usual to help spread the cost and avoid shortages Spending on utilities [...]

A very golden quarter for London Designer Outlet as it reveals record-breaking December trading

10th January 2023|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

London Designer Outlet has recorded its best December performance since the centre opened in 2013, with sales totalling £10,464,749 Boxing Day sales were up 89% on 2021 [...]

Hobbycraft achieves robust Christmas results with total revenue growth of +7.2% versus 2021

9th January 2023|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Financial Highlights for Christmas Strong sales performance with total LFL growth of +5.5% Strong underlying growth in store sales were supported by the investment in a new [...]

Northern Ireland Outlet finishes 2022 with strongest sales on record

9th January 2023|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

The Boulevard, Banbridge bucks national retail trends signalling strength in outlet shopping model After what was predicted to be a gloomy time for retail, The Boulevard in [...]

UK retailers close out 2022 with strong online sales – up +26% year-on-year in the last week of December – as Boxing Day boost sees shoppers snap up bargains

6th January 2023|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

The last week in December (25 Dec – 01 Jan) saw digital sales surge +26% year-on-year as shoppers swerved rail strikes and shopped the deals from home [...]

Consumer card spending grew 10.6 percent in 2022, yet rising living costs made Brits more selective about purchases

3rd January 2023|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Holidays abroad and socialising at pubs and restaurants led to significant recovery for international travel and hospitality Spending on utilities grew 32.9 percent, with Brits increasingly concerned [...]

Visitor data shows huge impact of train strikes on London and commuter towns

16th December 2022|Latest News, Trends|

Place Informatics, a provider of footfall and location visitor behaviour data monitoring in the UK, has published new data highlighting train strikes’ impact on shopper and visitor [...]

Christmas shoppers to splash £2.87bn this ‘Panic Weekend’

14th December 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Shoppers forecast to spend £2.87 this ‘Panic Weekend’ (17th-18th Dec), a rise of 4.4% YoY 34.3 million people to shop this weekend, with 21 million set to [...]

London Designer Outlet sales exceed pre-pandemic levels as shoppers seek greater value amid cost of living crisis

7th December 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Sales for the Black Friday week exceeded those for the same period in 2019 in the run up to Christmas  Sportswear sales during the Black Friday week [...]

Small Business Saturday spend up 29% year-on-year as nation comes out to back small businesses

6th December 2022|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

American Express research shows 12.8million Britons shopped at a local, small and independently owned business this Small Business Saturday (3 December) – up 2.8million on last year [...]

Robots roll-out in Yorkshire as Starship Technologies and Co-op bring autonomous food delivery to Leeds

2nd December 2022|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Starship Technologies has partnered with Leeds City Council and the Co-op to bring autonomous grocery delivery to the streets of Leeds. The service will be available to [...]

Cyber Monday boosts online retail revenues, rising +16.3% year-on-year, Wunderkind’s data shows

1st December 2022|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Cyber Monday and the Black Friday weekend boosted UK retailers’ online revenues, with web traffic and conversions also rising during the discounting event, according to the latest [...]

Spring Fair and TrendBible reveal Christmas 2023 Trends

1st December 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Show News, Trends|

Spring Fair, the UK’s leading marketplace for wholesale Home, Gift and Fashion which returns to the NEC Birmingham NEC from 5th – 8th February 2023, has collaborated with its [...]

Black Friday footfall boost continues across the weekend as UK shoppers seek out bargains

29th November 2022|Latest News, Trends|

Footfall on Saturday saw a +10.9% uplift across all retail settings year-on-year (YOY) Sunday shopper traffic counts were also up +8.1% compared to 2021 Black Friday itself [...]

Klarna data shows consumers shopped early to make Christmas savings

29th November 2022|Christmas, Latest News, Trends|

Klarna has released data revealing Black Friday sales increased by 12% compared to last year. Sales for Monday to Thursday saw a larger increase, 30% higher than the [...]

Klarna reveals shopper behaviour this Black Week as Friday approaches

24th November 2022|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Real-time data for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning reveals consumers are taking advantage of the Black Week deals as sales rises by 37% compared to last year [...]

Over a third of Brits more excited about football than Christmas, finds eBay Ads

23rd November 2022|Christmas, Latest News, Trends|

Latest research from eBay Ads UK shows that football fever will influence winter purchases as Brits plan to invest in everything from kits to electronics in the [...]

Spend to hit £8.71bn over Black Friday weekend as consumers shop early for Christmas

23rd November 2022|Christmas, Latest News, Trends|

Black Friday Weekend (25 - 28 Nov) spend set to hit £8.71bn, a rise of 0.8% YoY £22.62bn expected to be spent over the two week Black [...]

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