Retail, Shopping & Consumer Spending News

As the national lockdown continued, consumer spending last month was down 7.2% compared to March 2019, according to Barclaycard. But it wasn’t all doom and gloom for the economy, as e-commerce...

As lockdown shuttered shops, Brits took their holiday shopping online, lifting consumer spending last month despite pandemic restrictions.England’s four-week lockdown, which began 5 November, nudged...

Retail sales in Britain have continued their upward trend for the fifth month running.Retail sales volumes between August and September rose by 1.5%, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS)...

Consumers could soon be able to receive cashback at shop tills without making a purchase, under Treasury plans to protect access to cash.Last year consumers received £3.8 billion in cashback from...

Consumers in Bristol are most likely to compare prices when searching for insurance, holidays, flights, food, electronics, clothes, utilities and mobile phone contracts—making the city the UK’s most...

The bad weather experienced across the UK last month caused a 7.8% fall in high street footfall in February, according to Springboard. The latest figures from the consumer data firm revealed that 7.8%...

UK retail sales jumped by 0.9% in January compared to the previous month, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The latest figures from the ONS have revealed that retail sales are...

The number of British consumers going to shopping centres increased in January for the first time in three years, according to Springboard. The latest data from the market research firm revealed that...

Nearly 60,000 jobs were lost in the UK retail sector during the last three months of 2019 in another tough year for the high street, according to a report. Recent figures from the British Retail...

Annual retail sales fell last year for the first time since records began in 1995, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The UK’s top trading association for the retail industry revealed...