Tag: research digest
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...
Brexit fears set to hit Scots’ spending
A new PwC study has found that Scottish consumers are among the most concerned about the economic impact...
HIM: food-to-go ‘to grow by £0.5bn in three years’
The latest food-to-go market report from HIM predicts the market will grow by £0.5bn in next few years...
Absenteeism ‘corrosive to employee engagement’
Staff that fail to turn up for work has long been a serious problem in local retailing, but...
‘Worst Christmas in a decade’
UK retail businesses experienced “their worst Christmas in a decade”, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Total...
Fewer shoppers using c-stores, says Shoppercentric
Shoppers are turning their backs on c-stores in favour of supermarkets and discounters, according to a new survey....
Over six in 10 retail workers ‘feel lonely’
Over six in 10 people (63%) working in the retail and wholesale sectors feel always, often or sometimes...