All Consumer insight articles – Page 28
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OpinionOpinion: How retailers can win in the age of convenience
UK retail sales experienced their “worst June on record” according to the British Retail Consortium. Small surprise then that retailers and brands are testing and trialling new ways to drive growth.
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DataData: Nearly two-thirds of shoppers back 1p fashion tax
Over half of shoppers say they would be prepared to pay a penny tax on fashion purchases to bolster the sector’s sustainability credentials.
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Retail VoiceThe invasive ads hijacking shoppers’ online journeys
Shoppers find them frustrating and retailers know they are damaging, so take back control of your customer journey with measures to prevent interruptions.
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Retail VoiceAverting apocalypse: digital stores are retail’s future
Retail influencer Natalie Berg offers her take on why the high street isn’t dead – it’s just crying out for digital transformation in the form of frictionless checkout, hyper-personalisation and more.
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OpinionOpinion: Nine reasons why you are not really a digital retailer
In all the retail digital transformations I’ve been involved in over the past two decades, a simple truth has emerged.
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OpinionOpinion: From lacklustre loyalty to mesmerising membership
Loyalty programmes have had a bad press of late. More and more customers have come to see them as uneven exchanges of information.
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Retail VoiceTwo easy ways to make product returns profitable
Traditionally an area of loss for retailers, product returns can instead become an opportunity to increase revenue and customer satisfaction.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can Julian Dunkerton make Superdry cool again?
As boardroom coups go, this was a particularly bloody one with many a scalp being taken.
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NewsConsumer confidence remains negative but stable
Consumer confidence has held steady at -13 this month, according to the GfK consumer confidence survey.
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NewsWaitrose's Collins: Retailers and consumers 'pent up' by Brexit
Waitrose chief executive Rob Collins has said the ongoing uncertainty around Brexit is leading to “pent up business activity” from consumers and retailers waiting to be released.
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Report StoreHigh Street Rebooted
What consumers in the digital economy really want out of their town centres
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Retail VoiceConsumers want instant gratification – are retailers ready?
Ahead of a panel on instant gratification at Retail Week Live, Vera Hartmuth of Salesforce looks at how the desire for convenience is driving retail today.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is payment the next big retail differentiator?
With the launch last week of new payments service Laybuy in the UK market, Retail Week looks at whether ‘buy now, pay later’ will be the next big thing in retail.
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AnalysisWhere do retailers stand in the rental revolution?
Across many sectors, consumers are shunning buying in favour of renting products. Against this backdrop, where do retailers stand?
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Future LeadersGlobal lessons in diversity and inclusion
The benefits of building an inclusive culture were a hot topic at Shoptalk, as consumers become more conscious about the brands they engage with.
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AnalysisConsumer data: top five retailers by value
Find out which retailers price-conscious consumers will flock to in 2019 in Retail Week’s new report.
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OpinionOpinion: Behind the curve and winning – why being first isn't always right
I grew up in a hyper-competitive family. One of the many mantras in our sports-playing world was: “Perfect practice, makes perfect.” And another, which may account for my stoic attitude to pain and injury, “No blood, no sympathy.”
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NewsThird of shoppers visit high street less often than two years ago
More than a third of customers are visiting their local high street less often than they did two years ago, according to exclusive Retail Week research.
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NewsRetail sales hit by uncertainty around Brexit
Retail sales slipped in February as lingering Brexit uncertainty dented consumer spending.