Tag: research digest
CBI: Retail sales fall for longest period since 2011
The latest CBI monthly survey shows that sales fell for the third consecutive month, the longest period of...
Human lung tissue ‘unimpacted by vapour’
Despite delivering more nicotine than cigarette smoke, scientists from blu owner Imperial Brands conclude that vapour didn’t trigger...
Scottish high street retail jobs ‘fell by 8.6%’ in five years
A new report from the Office of National Statistics has shown that retail jobs on Scotland’s high streets...
Debit cards remain UK’s preferred in-store payment method
New analysis of the billions of payments processed by Worldpay has revealed that debit cards remain the UK’s...
Impulse in convenience decline as millennials change channel
The average age of shoppers in convenience has risen to 48, with the share of shoppers under the...
Food inflation continues to slow
The BRC–Nielsen Shop Price Index for May 2019 has shown that food inflation continued to decelerate in May...
Is own-label losing relevance in convenience?
There has been a long-term decline in convenience baskets containing own-label items, according to research from HIM &...
Number of Brits online grocery shopping falls by 4%
Brits now spend £12.3bn online grocery shopping, up 9%, but surprisingly the number of consumers buying online has...
Shopper pessimism around Brexit grows
Research among 1,000 shoppers carried out in the first week of March by HIM has confirmed a growth...
Retail employment falls for 13th consecutive quarter
The latest British Retail Council Employment Quarterly Report reveals that total retail employment has fallen for 13th consecutive...