Tag: research digest
69% of employees ‘can do their boss’s job better’
Managers should seriously consider giving their employees the reins for a day to test new research that indicates...
Brits ‘stockpile £4bn’ in preparation for no-deal Brexit
Brexit uncertainty resulted in British retail sales flatlining in August, as shoppers cut back on non-essential products. Yet...
Quarter of retailers worried about post-Brexit food shortages, says HIM
Just over a quarter (27%) of independent and symbol retailers are concerned about food shortages when the UK...
Convenience market set for ‘£6.9bn growth in next five years’
Despite the turmoil of Brexit and a raft of other challenges, new forecasts from IGD reveal that the...
Impulse sales falling as younger shoppers look elsewhere
Impulse purchases are declining in the convenience channel as younger shoppers turn to other channels for their food...
Shoppers braced for post-Brexit food shortages, says HIM
Almost two-thirds (61%) of shoppers expect there to be food shortages as a result of Brexit. That’s according...
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...