Market Data - retail market data and comment

 

The links below provide access to a variety of metrics which indicate how the retail sector is currently performing as a whole and in particular market segments.

Cheap thrills: Aldi recorded year-on-year growth of 20.8 per cent

Crunch drives sales at discount grocers

Grocery sales rose 7.3 per cent in the 12 weeks to September 7, according to the TNS Worldpanel grocery market share figures, as inflation fuelled sales.
On a high: the uplift gave Aldi a record 3 per cent share

Discounters triumph as shoppers trade down

Asda, Morrisons and the discount food retailers are experiencing a mini sales boom, as rising commodity prices, shoppers trading down and supermarket price wars combine to drive sales, according to two sets of figures from market analysts TNS Worldpanel and Nielsen.

Big difference: Lidl's year-on-year growth was 14 per cent

Discount grocers pull in record share

Discount retailers account for 5.9 per cent of grocery spend in the UK – their highest figure reported to date – and are the fastest-growing sector of the market.
Market winner: Aldi's year-on-year growth soared, giving it a record market share

Supermarkets enjoy healthy growth

The latest grocery market share figures show strong year-on-year sales growth in the grocery sector but food price inflation figures have been over-cooked, claimed TNS Worldpanel.