Pre-owned online shopping is now worth £4.3 billion annually in Britain, a new study on behalf of Amazon by the Centre for Economics Business Research (CEBR) has found. Photo: Pexels The company has been looking at the secondhand market across the five biggest European economies (the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain where it surveyed…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published July 9, 2025 The luxury sector entered 2025 on shaky ground, weighed down by rising prices and a slowdown in China. According to Claudia d’Arpizio, senior partner at Bain & Company, the industry recorded a 5% drop in first-quarter performance—a clear sign of lost momentum. She shared her insights…
Recent reports have increasingly been suggesting that UK shoppers are back in a spending frame of mind and a new study agrees with that. But it also says they’re willing to spend “only if the price is right,” and are being more thoughtful about their purchases. Photo: pexels Cardlytics, which operates an advertising platform based…
UK shoppers seeking value for money are opting to buy their health & beauty products from discounters rather than a specialist retailer like Boots, a new study from GlobalData claims. Boots It said that the chain is “struggling to compete with low-priced discounters, as consumers are not recognising the additional value for money that comes…
Under pressure Debenhams Group is delaying issuing refunds for up to a month a report has claimed. But the business also had good news this week with a sales and search surge for high-summer products. Karen Millen The company, which used to be known as Boohoo Group and owns brands such as Boohoo, Debenhams, Pretty…
Five months of positive sales came to an end in May with the latest BDO High Street Sales Tracker on Friday showing that total like-for-like discretionary sales fell by 1.2%. Photo: Pixabay In-store sales all-but-flatlined with just a 0.5% increase, failing to keep up with inflation, while online sales dropped by 3.1%, highlighting a substantial…
UK consumers spent £26.2 billion online in Q1 and £8.8 billion in March alone, the latter figure being a 3.5% increase year on year that included a spending boom for summer dresses. Photo: & Other Stories That’s according to data from Adobe Analytics, which said that high temperatures and low prices fuelled the sales growth….