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Only 22% of UK shoppers visited stores this Black Friday, but 55% spent more money than last year
The most popular item was clothing, which was purchased by 42% of people amidst the sales WHAT: A Toluna study about this year’s Black Friday sales and shoppers’ behaviours and habits. The online...
Walmart Celebrates One Year of Livestreams
By William White, Chief Marketing Officer, Walmart U.S. Over the last year, we have been leading the way in social commerce by creating first-to-market experiences for our customers, doubling-down on shoppable content and accelerating...
Food prices will benefit the private label brands
The rise in food prices will benefit the private label brands of Mercadona, Lidl, Carrefour… and Amazon. Consumer experts predict that Spanish consumers will migrate even more towards the private labels of large supermarket...
Ready, get-set, Gucci… George at Asda is going Gaga for different drop of clothier pieces
Pre Loved Vintage Ahead of the noticeably predicted launch of Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci this Friday, George at Asda have hidden a number of preloved clothier garms throughout their shops for clients’ buying...
Technology Addresses Labor Challenges Facing Retail
Retail and Hospitality industries continue to be understaffed, despite expiry of many federal and state government support programs to which many attributed labor shortages throughout the pandemic. Retailers coping with front-line staff shortages, are left wondering whether labor markets...
E-commerce and rise in consumerism will create almost 40,000 extra HGV trips
E-commerce and rise in consumerism will create almost 40,000 extra HGV trips a day by 2025, inhibiting attempts to reach net zero emissions – Black Friday will never be sustainable unless we invest in ecommerce logistics, says leading economist- 29 November 2021 – A...
Sainsbury’s introduces contactless, checkout-free shopping with SmartShop Pick & Go
New initiative available at Holborn Circus using Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology Example of Sainsbury’s innovative approach to make shopping easySmartShop popular with customers and sales have increased 173% year-on-year Sainsbury’s is launching a new...
Supermarkets top the charts for brand loyalty
Supermarkets top the charts for brand loyalty Three quarters of Brits (74%) are loyal to supermarkets thanks to loyalty schemes, competitive pricing and quality products, according to new research from Ello. The survey of over...
Happy Thanksgiving – more UK households are set to celebrate the holiday for 2021
More UK households will celebrate Thanksgiving this year, according to sales and search data from Waitrose, and although turkey has traditionally taken a leading role, this year side dishes will take centre stage as...
Asda becomes first UK supermarket to launch draught beer concept
Asda customers will soon be able to pick up their favourite freshly poured tipple in reusable containers after the supermarket announced it will become the first UK grocer to launch a draught craft beer...