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1st April 2008
Seasonal Activity Proving Key for Food Retailers but April Looks Set to be a Challenge Growth at Grocery Multiples for the 12 weeks to 22nd March picked up to +7.9% YoY buoyed up by Mothering Sunday and Easter sales. Easter week itself (w/e 22/03/07) saw 18% YoY gains versus a non-Easter week last year but earlier on in the month weekly performances were more modest at +6.7% for w/e 8/03 and just +2.9% for w/e 15/3.
4th March 2008
Seasonal activity & price inflation buoy up grocery market 4.2% like for like growth one of strongest performances seen in last 12 months but underlying sales slow
Growth within total Grocery stood at +6.2% YoY in the 4 weeks to 23 rd February with like for like growth, at +4.2%* year on year, being one of the strongest performances seen in the past 12 months, according to the latest grocery retail performance analysis released today by market research company, Nielsen.
28th February 2008
Top 100 brands aim for a sustainable future as ethical consumerism takes hold
UK consumers are increasingly buying food and drink products for their ethical credentials, the Checkout Nielsen Top 100 Grocery Brands report reveals.
14th February 2008
The winners on the UK web
2007 saw Google Search, MSN/WL Messenger and eBay score highest by overall behaviour; games sites highest by individual behaviour. Facebook wasn’t the fastest growing site.
6th February 2008
Morrisons continues to outstrip market growth with almost 1 million more shoppers than this time last year
While Christmas is now a distant memory for most retailers the competition for shopper spend remains intense. Nielsen reports that 12 weekly growth in the grocery retail sector (for the 12 weeks 26th January) stood at + 6.4% year on year with the most recent 4 weeks being slightly ahead of this at + 6.7%.
22nd January 2008
The star performers of Christmas Retail On-line
Whilst eBay and Amazon remain the most popular retailers online in the UK, the ten fastest growing are all high street brands. ‘Presents, ‘gifts’ and ‘shopping’ are amongst the terms most closely associated with Christmas today.
8th January 2008
Lacklustre Christmas for grocery retail and cash strapped consumers show restraint
Despite record levels of promotions on offer in our supermarkets in the run up to the big day, there was no last minute Christmas rush in the grocery sector resulting in lacklustre sales performances over the Festive period.
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