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UK Boxing Day Retail Footfall Down 25%
Retail // December 27, 2022

Compared to 2019, U.K.’s Boxing Day retail traffic dropped by about 25%. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

RetailNext Acquires UK Foot Traffic and In-Store Analytics Firm
Retail // November 14, 2022

California-based brick-and-mortar analytics firm RetailNext said it has acquired U.K. rival Retail Performance from market research company Ipsos, in a bid to boost its foot-traffic-monitoring platform in Europe and Asia. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Is Paying Consumers For Their Time The Future Of Physical Retail?
Merchant Innovation // February 20, 2020

Among the more famous aphorisms of Benjamin Franklin was his 1748 observation that “time is money” —  a fancy way of saying that making money requires the input of time, thus wasting time is wasting money. But it seems that despite being Swedish in origin,...

Q3 Retail Earnings Show Mixed Bag Of Consumer Spending
Retail // November 20, 2019

Consumer spending shows mixed demand as the holiday shopping season gets underway, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday (Nov. 19). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Is Paying Consumers For Their Time The Future Of Physical Retail?

February 20, 2020
Among the more famous aphorisms of Benjamin Franklin was his 1748 observation that “time is money” —  a fancy way of saying that making money requires the input of time, thus wasting time is wasting money. But it seems that despite being Swedish in origin, furniture and home goods seller IKEA appears to be taking […]

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RetailNext Acquires UK Foot Traffic and In-Store Analytics Firm

November 14, 2022
California-based brick-and-mortar analytics firm RetailNext said it has acquired U.K. rival Retail Performance from market research company Ipsos, in a bid to boost its foot-traffic-monitoring platform in Europe and Asia. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. […]

Q3 Retail Earnings Show Mixed Bag Of Consumer Spending

November 20, 2019
Consumer spending shows mixed demand as the holiday shopping season gets underway, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday (Nov. 19). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Footfall Worries US Retail Despite Strong Holiday Season

January 07, 2019
Despite a record-breaking holiday season for retailers in 2018, the strength of the industry’s recovery is being called into question as data emerges that shows declining traffic in stores and...

Dick’s Sees Sales Slide, But Profits Hold In Q3

November 29, 2018
Sales were down in Q3 at Dick’s Sporting goods, as the retailer announced a net sales decline of 4.5 percent year over year to $1.86 billion. The company’s eCommerce sales were...