Retail Week's Chart of the Week
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Chart of the WeekChart of the Week: 2016 retail nostalgia and a books bonanza?
Last year delivered the first meaningful sales volume growth in years, but retail is hankering after the growth rates it had back in 2016. The ONS numbers also showed a surprising boom in âbooks, newspapers and periodicalsâ sales
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Chart of the WeekChart of the Week: Why Brits are avoiding online grocery shopping
Brits are a nation of in-store grocery shoppers, but whatâs putting people off online deliveries?
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Chart of the WeekChart of the week: Brits to cut fashion spend in new year budgeting push
Budget-conscious Brits are keen to cut down on discretionary spending in the new year and the number one target for cutting down on budgets is fashion purchases, according to new data from Barclays.
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Chart of the WeekChart of the Week: How supermarkets performed at Christmas
Ocado was the fastest-growing retailer once again as consumers showed growing appetite for festive shopping online
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Chart of the WeekChart of the Week: International brands opening in London in 2025
Nearly one in five new brands to open in London over the past year has been from the Asia-Pacific region
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Chart of the WeekCharts: A disappointing November and Black Friday
Any hopes that consumers were saving their spending for Black Friday seem to have been unfounded, putting added pressure on the run-up to Christmas
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Chart of the WeekBreaking down the UKâs ÂŁ9.1bn social commerce spend
Selling via social media apps like TikTok Shop and Instagram will drive ÂŁ9.1bn in revenue for non-food retailers in the UK over 2025, new research from Retail Economics and social commerce platform Unbox.
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Chart of the WeekCharts of the Week: How business rates will change for different parts of the sector
The government confirmed major changes to business rates coming into force next year. Here is what was announced and how rateable values will change
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Chart of the WeekCharts of the Week: How shoppers plan to use AI this holiday season and DIY momentum
Next week is Black Friday and, as we showed in one of our Charts of the Week last week, there are some signs that shoppers could be holding back to make some big purchases during the holiday season.
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Chart of the WeekCharts of the Week: Black Friday, AI, search and what retail can expect
There is a lot of uncertainty around Cyber Weekend this year, with the autumn Budget, consumer behaviour changing and how consumers access products, too. To unpick those trends, here is our bumper edition of Chart of the Week
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Chart of the WeekWhere will people watch Christmas ads this year?
A new poll by Kantar unsurprisingly shows that more people are excited about watching ads on social channels, but Brits are just as excited as last year about watching ads on TV
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Chart of the WeekChart: Nextâs Q3 results are ahead of expectations
Next pointed to improved stock levels and strong marketing performance as the reason sales came in ÂŁ76m ahead of guidance
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Chart of the WeekChart: How festive recruitment numbers compare to last year
Tesco leads the table of festive recruiters, but the change in John Lewis numbers shows how the retailer is focusing on stores this Christmas
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Chart of the WeekChart: Thereâs a price war, but which products are actually getting cheaper?
Supermarkets keep talking about prices being cut, but what is actually getting cheaper?
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Chart of the WeekChart: Reduce National Insurance and business rates â poll of economists
A new survey of economists and policy experts by the Centre for British Progress think tank suggests experts think NICs and business rates should not be used to raise additional revenue, but VAT should
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Chart of the WeekChart: Drinks deposit scheme return rates by country
British consumers will soon face higher costs on drinks, with the promise of earning money back on returning their plastic bottles and alumninium drinks cans. The mooted deposit return scheme is due to come into force in October 2027.
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Chart of the WeekChart: Next shares its vacancy figures in warning on UK jobs market
Next sounded a warning about the UK economy alongside their results last week, pointing to rising unemployment and rising application numbers
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Chart of the WeekChart: The customer service tasks that consumers most dread
New research by the Institute of Customer Service (ICS) reveals half of consumers feel that service is overly automated
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Chart of the WeekThe food prices hitting UK shoppersâ wallets hardest
Nine in 10 UK adults have noticed prices becoming more expensive this year, according to figures released as part of Barclaysâ latest consumer spend report
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Chart of the WeekChart: What do Brits think are the dirtiest part of supermarkets?
Over half of UK shoppers (62%) worry about supermarket cleanliness, a Vypr survey of 1,900 people reveals, just weeks after 85 stores failed food hygiene inspections.