Posts from ‘January, 2012’

The BRC Online Retail Monitor for Q4 2011 showed that 1 in 5 Christmas retail searches were done via mobile phones, while total retail search volumes grew 24% in the fourth quarter compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
The increase was driven by a rise in mobile/tablet search volumes, which grew by 169% year-on-year. [...]

The leaderboard produced by Skillsmart Retail, the Sector Skills Council for retail, identifies the top ten towns and cities for independent retailers based on the results of its Location Model research. As part of this research, independent retailers are mystery shopped and scored on a range of areas including product knowledge, customer service and store [...]

If the onset of 2012 brings about a search for inspiring resolutions, head over to the London Design Museum and soak in the brilliance of The Way We Live Now, a retrospective on the life and work of Sir Terence Conran. One of England’s most influential aesthetes, Conran opened his first design studio back in [...]

Logan Tod & Co.’s 6th Annual Online Future Shopping Index predicts growth of between 18% and 22% during Christmas 2012 exceeding the rate of growth in 2011.
According to the December 2011 online shopping survey of future retail trends, 26% of online shoppers are indicating that they plan to spend even more online in December 2012. [...]

This week some of the biggest names on the high street are set to publish Christmas trading statements which will shed light on how they have fared over the critical Christmas trading season.
With online sales reaching a historic high, many commentators are beginning to question the future of the high-street. [...]