The world as we once knew it has transformed and consumers are experiencing rapid changes to the way they live, work and shop. To examine these changes, CommerceHub surveyed more than 1,500 consumers of various age groups to gauge consumer confidence and identify changing shopping patterns amid COVID-19 disruptions.
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RSSCOVID-19 Shopping and Delivery Trends: a diversified supply chain is key to survival and future growth
May 19, 2020
Blue Yonder research reveals dramatic shift in shoppers’ behaviour since COVID-19
May 19, 2020
New research from Blue Yonder highlights how shopping behaviour has changed globally since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Blue Yonder surveyed 6,000 European adult consumers in April and 1,000 US adult consumers in both March and April.
Footfall set to shift towards high streets when non-essential stores reopen, says GlobalData
May 18, 2020
As retailers begin to open UK stores from the beginning of June (at the earliest), they can expect to see a shift in footfall with consumers more willing to visit town centres as opposed to other shopping destinations, says GlobalData, the data and analytics company.
Connecting the supply chain blocks with WMS
May 18, 2020
What has struck me most about COVID-19 so far is the rapid business response to the crisis. Brands are switching up their game plan and capitalising on the e-commerce surge by going direct to consumer.
Store worker deaths show that retailers reopening must focus on staff safety, says GlobalData
May 13, 2020
The ONS has reported that men working as sales and retail assistants were found to have raised rates of death involving COVID-19.
A communication plan of action
May 13, 2020
The ongoing crisis has undoubtedly presented considerable challenges for the retail sector, yet for those organisations that are able to be agile and adapt in these challenging times there is an opportunity to prosper.
Top tips for updating your eCommerce platform
May 13, 2020
As the news that the UK government plans to begin re-opening some retail stores in June, many retailers were last night faced with the reality of another month of tough trading conditions.
But with this in mind, retailers have been, and continue to look at investing in and ramping up their online operations to ensure they have an effective platform that drives sales.
eCommerce revenues rise 20% week-on-week, new data from the BounceX Covid-19 Retail Pulse reveals
May 12, 2020
Signs of the green shoots of recovery for retailers were revealed in the latest data from the Covid-19 Retail Pulse from BounceX (soon to be Wunderkind), with week-on-week rises in website revenue, site visits and conversions.
Severe data breach could cost tech companies $174 million per day
May 12, 2020
Tech companies could lose an average of $174 (£141) million per day - or $37.3 (£29.9) billion per month - as a result of compromised records per data breach, new research shows.
COVID-19 has brought cloud services to the forefront, says GlobalData
May 11, 2020
An unplanned, widespread move to home-working would have brought businesses to a grinding halt had large investments in cloud computing not been made over the past ten years, says GlobalData, the data and analytics company.
