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Retail Week's Chart of the Week
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Chart of the WeekRetail theft rose as England advanced through the World Cup
As England went further in the World Cup, fan enthusiasm soared and footfall climbed on match days. But while passion grew, so did theft
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Chart of the WeekChart: Watches of Switzerland narrows gap on fellow luxury listed retailer Burberry
The high-end watch brand reported revenue growth of 11% in 2025, narrowing the revenue gap with Britain’s other major listed luxury brand Burberry
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Chart of the WeekThe PS5 Pro is the most expensive major console since the 1990s. Why does that matter to retailers?
The cost of games consoles has historically declined after launch. All three major manufacturers have instead announced recent price hikes. With Sony also announcing it was moving away from video game discs, major shifts are happening in the games retail sector
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Chart of the WeekOnline retail share the same as if Covid ‘never happened’ as top ecomm firms risk insolvency
New analysis by Knight Frank, shared exclusively with Retail Week, shows that online growth is slowing, with the majority of gains in online sales now among multi-channel retailers
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Chart of the WeekChart of the Week: Weekly grocery bills £25 cheaper in Germany than UK
New analysis from Circana shows that of the six biggest economies in Western Europe, only France has higher grocery bills than the UK
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Chart of the WeekChart of the Week: How Amazon’s capex compares to all retailers in the FTSE 350
Amazon’s capex totalled $132bn in its last financial year. Put all of the spending of major UK retail businesses together, and you don’t come close to that.
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Chart of the WeekCharts of the Week: How much do shoppers want AI involved?
Three new charts show the state of play when it comes to AI and shopping.
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Chart of the WeekChart of the Week: Sunny weather boosts online shopping?
The new BRC numbers suggest retail sales grew faster than inflation in May, with year-on-year growth in non-food online sales hitting its highest rate since December, 2024
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Chart of the WeekChart of the Week: The public still (wrongly) think supermarkets are ripping them off
Brits think hospitality companies are operating on a 40% margin, fashion retailers on a 47% margin and supermarkets taking in profits of 50%.
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Chart of the WeekCharts of the Week: Lidl overtakes Morrisons; retail sales start to sag
There is a new member of the grocery top five and why the quarterly retail sales trends are important.
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Chart of the WeekChart of the Week: April not as bad as it looks, but still…
Some Easter noise continues in the first signs of how sales fared last month, but there is evidence that the conflict in the Middle East has rattled consumers and potentially slowed sales
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Chart of the WeekChart of the Week: Mapping the four futures of AI in retail
A new report by EY outlines the four ways that the AI revolution could go and how retail could be affected
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Chart of the WeekUnlocking volume growth is retail’s key challenge
A new report makes clear the challenge for UK retail, fighting for volume growth in a market where people are buying less
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Chart of the WeekChart of the Week: People who use it really love Tesco Whoosh
Tesco reported its rapid delivery service grew by 51% in its latest financial year
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Chart of the WeekCharts of the Week: Tracking AI investment by retailers
We have just launched the Retail Week AI Investment tracker, a recap of all the stories Retail Week has published on retailers’ AI initiatives over the past few years
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Chart of the WeekCharts of the Week: Fashion ecomm and EBITDA, UK payments, and more
How two leading fashion etailers have dealt with falling revenue, and how the UK pays compares to the rest of Europe
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Chart of the WeekCharts of the Week: Retail sales, Next costs and consumer confidence
Three charts give us an idea of what to expect over the next few months as the impacts of the Iran war truly begin to take hold
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Chart of the WeekCharts of the Week: ‘Awful April’, Iran war and the cost of living
April is upon us. The time when businesses and government bodies typically reserve the right to up the price of bills, whether that is because of inflation, upgrades or shoring up their finances.
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Chart of the WeekCharts of the Week: OpenAI drops Instant Checkout, what does that mean?
Surprising news on AI-shopping emerged earlier this month when it was reported that OpenAI was scaling back support for shopping within ChatGPT.
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Chart of the WeekWhat will disrupt the retail industry the most in 2026?
This year’s edition of the AlixPartners Disruption Index showed that nine out of 10 retail leaders believe industry business models need to change, with the report saying that retail was likely to be one of the most disrupted sectors in the economy