More finance – Page 11
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Data
Data: How cash-strapped customers will cut £25bn in spend – and the sectors hardest hit
Retail Week explores how the cost-of-living crisis will impact the way consumers spend and who will be worst affected
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Analysis
Five ways to adapt to changing consumer behaviour amid cost-of-living crisis
Retail veteran Peter Williams and executives from Pandora, Bookshop.org and REN Clean Skincare reveal how they are witnessing spending habits shift – and what this means for their strategies – ahead of appearing at Consumer Week
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Analysis
Data: The sectors that will win and lose this Christmas
The cost-of-living crisis is set to bite this festive season, with health and beauty the only sector to see volume growth, as Retail Week’s latest report reveals
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Opinion
‘Retailer focus is on how to help customers caught in cost-of-living crunch’
At a time of unprecedented national and global challenges, retailers are determined to support their people and their customers, writes British Retail Consortium chief executive Helen Dickinson.
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Research centre
The Christmas Forecast 2022
Exclusive data reveals how retail sales will fare this Christmas
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Opinion
Business rates and online sales tax – reviews and rows but what hope of a resolution?
As retailers battle the increasing costs of doing business, they still bear one of their longest-suffered and biggest burdens – business rates.
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Analysis
Data: 50 retail leaders reveal tech investment priorities to weather the cost-of-living crisis
Retailers are investing in cutting-edge customer experience technologies to drive demand and be front of mind for consumer spend.
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Opinion
Theo Paphitis: ‘After Boris, we need a leader who’ll support business, not f**k business’
The to-do list for the next prime minister is long and urgent – they must be a serious candidate capable of governing like a grown-up, writes Theo Paphitis.
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Analysis
How Currys plans to seize market share opportunity from cost-of-living crisis
Currys boss Alex Baldock has set out how the electricals retailer will ‘keep the customers coming back’, despite the increasingly challenging trading environment.
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Data
Data: Value is top concern for families amid cost-of-living crisis, M&S survey reveals
A survey by Marks & Spencer has found that financial worries are top of consumers’ concerns this summer.
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Analysis
Analysis: Sainsbury’s boss Roberts’ key takeaways on inflation, suppliers and staff pay
Sainsbury’s chief executive Simon Roberts faced questions on everything from inflation and supplier relationships, to staff pay and Argos’ ongoing underperformance as he presented details of first-quarter trading to the media this week.
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Opinion
‘Boots needs more TLC to create value, whoever owns it’
After failing to find a buyer for Boots, Walgreens insists “it is an exciting time” for the health and beauty stalwart, but without innovation and investment it risks falling behind, writes George MacDonald
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Analysis
Data: The forecast for store openings, closures and vacancies
The Great Store Revival report features data from Local Data Company (LDC) alongside industry predictions to provide a picture of what bricks and mortar will look like going forward.
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Data
Consumer confidence drops to record low as economic gloom spreads
Consumer confidence has taken another blow in June as the cost-of-living crisis worsens.
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Analysis
Analysis: Five things you need to know about value giant B&M
Value giant B&M has reported a group revenue fall of 2.2% in its latest quarter, but there was also ”an improving trend” over the period.
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Analysis
Revealed: Where 50 leading retailers are targeting their tech spend
Retail’s tech elite are heavily investing in personalisation and digital payment technologies, a new Retail Week report launched today reveals.
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Research centre
The Digital Spend Report
How 50 retail leaders are investing in frictionless tech futures
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Opinion
‘Is UK retail’s £2.8bn excess stock timebomb set to be the sector’s next big crisis?’
UK retail is facing a perfect storm of rising costs and plummeting consumer confidence. Could an excess of stock be the final nail in the coffin for many in the squeezed mid-market?
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Analysis
Analysis: Basket sizes shrink and customers trade down at Tesco as cost-of-living crisis worsens
While Tesco delivered a steady set of first-quarter results, boss Ken Murphy is braced for worse to come this year as he outlined changing customer behaviour in response to soaring costs.
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Opinion
‘Cost-of-living tsar appointment smacks more of spin than substance’
As the punishing weight of inflation dominates daily life – and looks as if it will continue to for a long time yet – the government’s latest attempt to address the issue is the appointment of a cost-of-living tsar.