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Promotions help shop price inflation ease again in February

Industry

27 Feb 2024

by Katie Searles

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Forget FOMO, shoppers now suffer FrOMO; Frustration of Missing Out on savings

Customer

21 Dec 2022

by Paul Skeldon

70% of shoppers surveyed are more frustrated than ever with teaser pricing, with 93% saying they would avoid buying from those brands again

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PEAK 2022 Discount and value stores set to win this Christmas, but click and collect is essential

Peak

20 Oct 2022

by Paul Skeldon

Value stores that offer click-and-collect generate 42% more sales via this method than any other retailer category

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Student discount platform moves to shoppable widgets with latest iOS update

Mobile

19 Jan 2022

by Paul Skeldon

Flash sale student discount platform UNiDAYS has become one of the first retailers to exploit the use of widgets in iOS15 to drive sales

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A fifth of Uniqlo International sales now online, as parent company prioritises digital and sustainability for future profitable growth

Strategy and Innovation

15 Oct 2021

by Chloe Rigby

A fifth of Uniqlo International’s sales took place online in its latest financial year. Parent company Fast Retailing is prioritising both digital commerce and...

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Half of shoppers disappointed with Black Friday sales, retailers need to rewrite the rules on discounting, study warns

Peak

15 Sep 2021

by Paul Skeldon

With peak just around the corner, a new study finds that more than half of UK consumers feel that Black Friday, Cyber Monday (BFCM) discounts...

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Cash strapped shoppers force early start to lengthy festive discounting

Peak

2 Dec 2020

by Paul Skeldon

Shop prices are falling and heavy discounting across retail – put in place before Black Friday – is set to continue long into the new year

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Job worries supressing spending – but it could be a boon to online retailers

Peak

2 Dec 2020

by Paul Skeldon

Online discounting is going to be rife this Christmas, driven by sluggish sales and the ongoing fear that consumer spending will be supressed due to...

Covid-19 Customer discounting Peak

Fashion discounts up 43% YOY as retailers prepare for ‘biggest summer sale ever’ to clear unprecedented levels of excess stock

Industry

20 May 2020

by Paul Skeldon

UK retailers hit hard by the shutdown are preparing for ‘the biggest summer of discounting’ in years, according to Lovethesales.com.

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EDITORIAL Online sales fall while store sales appear to improve: insights into UK retail

Editorial

21 Feb 2020

by Chloe Rigby

It seems that a lack of confidence, influenced to an extent by Brexit uncertainty, has held back customer demand to the extent that more discounting...