Tag: retail sales
Business Gets Mobile
Here are some of the facts I talked about last Friday at our Business Gets Mobile event. Retail sales via smartphones and tablets have more than doubled to £8.2 bn in 2013, accounting for 18% of total UK e-commerce sales. Tablet commerce has seen particularly high growth, reaching £4.8 bn Wristbands, like Nike+ Fuelband, smartwatches,…
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Cash Remains King in UK Shops
Alternative/emerging means of payment, such as online payments and money-off coupons, grew last year seemingly by 150%, although these remained a fraction of the total. But cash remains the dominant payment mechanism. Cash is still the most popular form of payment in UK shops but the popularity of vouchers and coupons is on the rise,…
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The new modesty: ditch the bag
I suggested a while ago that the number of visible carrier bags was an indicator of retail sales. Well, perhaps there are exceptions to this rule. So here we are, possibly emerging from the recession, and shoppers are getting out and about. Shock, and horror, some people are using budget retail bags to conceal their premium-priced…
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Discount-driven blip
From FT.com today: According to the British Retail Consortium survey, retail sales rose by just 0.1 per cent year-on-year, suggesting that the pick-up in demand seen in January was a “discount-driven blip”, according to Stephen Robertson, director general. As I said in December, the underlying profits are the key issue.
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Surprise rise in UK retail sales
The official figures have come as something of a surprise – UK retail sales rose unexpectedly last month, official figures have shown. Total sales volumes climbed 0.3% in November from the previous month, the Office for National Statistics said. Sales were up 1.5% from a year ago. See the BBC News website for the full story. I…
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