Christmas 2015 proved to be a difficult one for UK retail. What happened? We identified four themes that are key to understanding the dynamics of the current retail market and provide a framework for realising exactly the disruption caused by the growth of online
2. Christmas 2015
What happened?
Warm weather hit sales of winter lines.
Disruption from flooding and terrorist attacks hit footfall…
…and also contributed to accelerating the growth of online.
Wide-spread discounting.
And M&A is back on the agenda!
New trading peaks emerged.
3. Christmas update
The worst christmas for 20 years
Total retail sales
£40.5bn
*year on year
Store sales
Online sales
£34.8bn
£5.7bn
-1.5%*
+7.7%* +40%*
-0.6%*
Source: ONS December results not seasonally adjusted and excluding fuel
4. Christmas update
The four Ps that emerged this Christmas
Profitability Productivity Payment Personalisation
How to maintain margin
as more and more sales
shift of online?
How to increase
productivity against
the backdrop of rising
staff costs and pricing
pressure?
How to rethink the retail
experience to seamlessly
include new mobile
payments solutions?
How to make the
customer experienceand
products more personal
and relevant?
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