- Retail sales, excluding automobiles and gasoline, are anticipated to grow 3-4% in 2017, in line with the 3.8% growth predicted for 2016, according to Fitch Ratings’ Outlook report. More…03.01.2017
- In a disappointing couple of weeks for UK retail, footfall has continued to decline in the lead up to the New Year. The drop of -5.8% for Monday to Wednesday of this week compared to the same days…02.01.2017
- Political uncertainty fuelled by Brexit, events in Europe and a new US President, mean retail growth in Britain will stagnate in 2017 according to the KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT).02.01.2017
- Digital commerce stole the show during the 2016 holiday shopping season, and mobile and social had the biggest impact on shoppers.30.12.2016
- Noted retail real estate expert Faith Hope Consolo, who heads up the retail group at Douglas Elliman Real Estate, has high hopes for 2017, predicting that bigger-spending millennials and recession-…30.12.2016
- Technology will continue to be one of the biggest disrupting forces in the retail sector in 2017, with innovations such as Chat Bots and virtual reality finally breaking through. In 2016, we saw the…29.12.2016
- A jump in consumer spending in the final home stretch helped to offset a slow start to the holiday shopping season, and is likely to help many retailers beat sales forecasts, Reuters …29.12.2016
- When it comes to combining in-store visits and online product research or purchase, Generation Z (ages 18 to 26) leads all other shopper age groups in the U.S., lending some spark an otherwise flat “…28.12.2016
- E-commerce traffic volume on Christmas Day shattered all previous records according to Verizon Enterprise Solutions’ Holiday Retail Index report.28.12.2016
- For a long time, social wasn’t a closed-loop system. But with the shift of e-commerce to mobile-first, brands can now use the data and features of social media to create hyper-personalized…27.12.2016
- Big budgets were spent to capture and engage with this highly sought-after group of consumers through intelligent advertising, a carefully curated social media presence, and viral marketing campaigns…27.12.2016
- Consumer spending shifted in response to the changing economic and political environment, resulting in a year of two halves, according to the annual analysis of UK consumer spending by Barclaycard,…26.12.2016