Web scraping and big data allow eCommerce businesses to gain insights from their competitors and get the most up-to-date information on pricing, promotions, and market trends. This is according to the leading web intelligence collection platform Oxylabs. As Black Friday and Christmas sales draw closer, competitiveness continues to grow, forcing eCommerce businesses to collect as […]
Almost half of UK adults (48%) have used Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) to spread the cost of purchases. In 2023, 7.4 million more people used BNPL compared to the year before. The increased usage of BNPL, isn’t expected to slow down as we enter the busy festive shopping period, in fact it has become […]
UK consumers are expected to spend £80.2bn on the high street in the last quarter of 2023, according to an analysis by point-of-sale and business management platform provider Clover This reflects a £2.3bn jump (2.95%) year-on-year as consumers look to find in-person deals, minimise last-minute returns, and experience festive cheer on the high street UK […]
New research from Kin + Carta, the global digital transformation consultancy whose Northern HQ is based in Manchester, has revealed that UK retailers are falling short when it comes to coherent experiences across their physical and digital footprints, potentially leading to a loss of revenue. The ‘State of Omnichannel 2023’ research found that only 36% […]
PayPoint is pleased to announce that it is expanding its partnership with Yodel and Vinted across its Collect+ network, the leading Out of Home parcel pick up, drop off and send service in the UK. The multi-year agreement will see significant transaction growth processed through the recently launched Collect+ Store to Store service, leveraging the […]
UK retail sales are predicted to hit £8.74bn across Black Friday Weekend as consumers make the most of the discounts available to them in the run up to Christmas. The VoucherCodes.co.uk, Shopping for Christmas 2023: Black Friday Weekend report predicts that this year total Black Friday Weekend retail sales will rise by a marginal 0.4% from £8.71bn […]
Each year IMRG track online retailers’ Black Friday campaigns, looking at campaign start dates, daily revenue performance, and other unique performance indicators. This year, IMRG have already noted a trend for early campaigning, with as many as 48 out of the 295 retailers surveyed going live three weeks out from Black Friday week itself. This […]
Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a leading payments platform, announces the extension of its collaboration with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, to integrate Visa Network Tokens, as an alternative to primary credit and debit card account numbers. The new valued added Network Tokenisation Service adds an additional layer of protection for cardholders without impeding the […]
As Black Friday (24 November) approaches, nearly a third (35%) of UK consumers expect to spend less over the upcoming festive season compared to previous years, according to the latest EY UK Future Consumer Index. The thirteenth edition of EY’s survey of 1,000 UK consumers found that younger consumers are cutting back on spending much […]
Christmas is coming early for the UK’s corporate retail sector, with nearly half (49%) opting to display festive-themed goods earlier this year to help their customers spread out the cost of Christmas. In fact, a quarter (25%) now put up Christmas displays as early as September, with the majority (57%) going up by October. A […]
