Peak 2021

4 Feb 2022
Amazon is raising the price of its Prime membership subscription scheme in the US for the first time in four years. The retailer-to-technology...
21 Jan 2022
Shoppers made marginally more of their purchases online in December than in November, as fears of the Omicron Covid-19 variant rose ahead of Christmas...
18 Jan 2022
The retailer says that most of its subscriptions now start when customers buy its hot chocolate and coffee machines
14 Jan 2022
Peak trading figures from Currys today provide an illustration of the extent to which technology shopping has moved online over the pandemic – with ecommerce sales...
6 Jan 2022
Pent-up demand thought to have driven sales growth despite stock and staff shortages that reduced delivery standards
6 Jan 2022
The digital-first furniture brand was affected by Covid-19 factory closures in Vietnam and by wider shipping disruption
21 Dec 2021
We report on how shoppers are buying – and retailers are selling – in the final run-up to Christmas 2021
13 Dec 2021
Fewer Christmas shoppers hit UK high streets last week, compared to the same time last year. The suggestion is that people at first stayed home...
10 Dec 2021
Today we have the latest from multichannel and ecommerce retailers as they expand online, sell direct to consumers and, inevitably, face supply chain issues – plus...