Special reports
Access to exclusive in-depth research and analysis on an extensive breadth of retailer issues.
This library of Retail Week reports provides in-depth insight on a range of topics, from digital transformation to diversity and inclusion, to the influential people who are blazing a trail in retail.
Our latest reports
The Christmas Consumer
Access Retail Week’s The Christmas Consumer report for exclusive data on how and when UK shoppers will spend this festive season
The UK’s Top Ecommerce Retailers
Discover 10 of the UK’s top ecommerce retailers and how they’re leveraging data.
The CX Report
Discover how leading retailers are using AI to transform shopper experiences in 2026.
Insight from the retail eco-system: expert analysis from the sector’s leading suppliers
Data: How Gen Z is turning retail into an experience economy
Practical AI is driving higher margins – here’s how retailers are doing it
The Gen-AI shopping revolution is here – is your online business ready for it?
More special reports
Traceability, Trust, Transformation
An essential overview of where to invest to achieve ethical, compliant and customer-centric supply chains.
Talking Shop
Talking Shop 2026 reveals the unfiltered reality from 500 UK retail workers.
Loyalty, Growth and the Future Consumer
In 2026, loyalty means more than just points and discount programmes.
How They’ll Spend It 2026
Exclusive data and real-life insights from 500 consumers, mapping out the complex mindset of the 2026 shopper.
Retail 2026
45 retail leaders speak exclusively with Retail Week for its annual flagship report.
People, Tech and the Workplace Revolution
How retailers can harness tech and people strategy to drive transformation.
The Growth Report
We’ve identified three core growth levers being used to stand out, scale and succeed.
The Christmas Forecast
Exclusive data reveals how shoppers will spend in the golden quarter.
The Great Store Reset
Solutions to help retail leaders set the right store strategy.
Click to Cart
Featuring exclusive research with 1,000 UK shoppers.
The Retail Roadmap
Your practical guide to getting tech transformation right.
Retail 100 2025
Retail Week’s annual celebration of the industry’s most influential 100 leaders.
Browse, Buy & Beyond
Exclusive insights into the minds of 2,000 shoppers across Europe’s largest retail markets.
Tech Transformers
In a landscape of cost pressures, a changing post-Budget inflationary environment and mounting competition – how can retailers get tech investment right?
Supply Chain 2026
Your blueprint for investment decisions for optimum ROI across your end-to-end supply chain.
The World’s Best Ecommerce Retailers
Retail Week’s new report spotlighting the top 10 global ecommerce trailblazers.
How They’ll Spend It 2025
Exclusive research with 1,000 UK consumers on where they intend to spend in 2025
The Innovation Report 2024
Discover the top businesses for tech transformation.
Talking Shop 2024
500 frontline staff on what motivates them, challenges and opportunities.
Grocery Innovators
Innovation and transformation are essential parts of supermarket strategies
Retail 2025
Exclusive: 43 retail leaders from 39 businesses reveal their strategies for 2025
The Fastest Way to Lose Consumers
Honest opinions from 1,000 consumers on AI, marketing and data
The Christmas Forecast 2024
All roads lead to the golden quarter for UK retail. Having the right strategy is essential.
Retail 100 2024
Celebrating retail’s most influential leaders
AI Adopters
Meet the 10 AI Adopters and learn from their market-leading strategies.
Shopper Unlocked
Exclusive insight into the psyche of UK online shoppers in 2024.
Future Leaders 2024
Discover the 30 CEOs in waiting and let us know what you think of our predictions.
Supply Chain 2025
Retail Week’s annual blueprint for supply chain success.
The UK’s Top 30 Ecommerce Retailers
Winning strategies for sustainable growth.
The UK’s Top 30 Most Productive Retailers 2024
This report fully illuminates the methods driving retailer’s productivity strategies.
The Tech List 2024
Retail Week’s definitive index of the world’s top 50 digital leaders has published. Find out who you should be learning from and working with when it comes to tech transformation
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