Category: Retail
9 in 10 Black Friday ‘deals’ same price or cheaper ahead of event, Which? reveals
Nine in 10 (92%) Black Friday ‘deals’ are the same price or cheaper in the six months ahead of the big event, a Which? investigation has found. The consumer watchdog analysed 201 of last year’s Black Friday deals at six major retailers – Amazon, AO, Argos, Currys, John Lewis and Richer Sounds - looking at…
Black Friday: 10 Tips To Bag The Best Bargains
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday fast approaching, Forbes Advisor, an online platform dedicated to helping consumers make smart financial decisions, has created a list of 10 tips for navigating the sales successfully.... Start your research early It pays to have an idea of what you want to buy before Black Friday begins, so take the time…
Black Friday shoppers rushed into purchases they later regret, research reveals
The hype around Black Friday leads some shoppers to make impulse buys they later regret - with many using credit or borrowing from friends and family to fund their purchases, Which? has found. Which? surveyed 2,000 members of the public to find out how they felt about items they bought in last year’s Black Friday…
Online retail sales fall back in September, claims IMRG index
Online retail sales fell by 12.5% Year-on-Year (YoY) last month – a further drop on August’s -9.3% September’s result came in well below the 12-month average of 17.13% but was also beaten by the 3-month (-10.06%) and 6-month (-6.83%) averages Month-on-Month performance (+2.1%) rose for the first time since the high street reopened but failed…
E-commerce shores up faltering High Street, claims ParcelHero
August’s ONS retail figures reveal overall sales continue to fall, down 0.9% against the previous month. Once again, only an online sales uplift helped save the day, says ParcelHero. Today’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) retail sales figures for August reveal more bad news for the High Street. Despite the end of almost all Covid…
Waitrose finishes bottom in online supermarket freshness investigation
Waitrose has finished bottom in a Which? investigation of online supermarket grocery freshness, with delivered food and drink going off around two and a half days earlier on average than top performer Tesco. With grocery freshness emerging as an important consideration for soaring numbers of online grocery shoppers, the consumer watchdog looked at how the six major online supermarkets compared when…
Online sales of 25% ‘new normal’, claims ParcelHero
As shoppers return to the High Street, online sales have fallen for four months in a row, with Amazon and Etsy reporting a marked slowdown in growth. However, e-commerce expert ParcelHero predicts online will level out at a quarter of all retail sales.... Shoppers may be flooding back to High Streets and shopping centres, but…
Online retail sales fall slows down, claims IMRG study
After recording the steepest drops in the history of the Index for two months in a row, the fall in online retail sales appears to be slowing – down just 9.6% Year-on-Year (YoY) in July. That is according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales performance of over 200…
European eCommerce revenues to hit $600B by 2023
The year 2020 was a record year for the European eCommerce market, with revenues growing by 30% year-over-year, triple the pre-pandemic rise from 2018 and 2019. However, the entire market is expected to continue its impressive growth in the following years, as millions of European consumers keep on choosing the conveniences of shopping online. According…
Online retail rises over 10% year on year in April, claims IMRG
Despite the reopening of the high street and against strong figures for April 2020 (the first full month of the first lockdown, when growth was 44%), online retail sales continue to grow in April, rising by 10.2% Year-on-Year (YoY). That’s according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales performance…
