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Online grocery spend shot up more than 100 per cent in June as demand for home deliveries stayed strong despite retailers reopening their doors.

Online grocery spend more than doubled in June

July 14, 2020

Online grocery spend shot up more than 100 per cent in June as demand for home deliveries stayed strong despite retailers reopening their doors. According to Barclaycard’s latest data, online…

Contactless, Cash and Coronavirus: Will COVID-19 wipe out cash in the UK?

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July 2, 2020

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When was the last time you used cash? The most likely answer, according to numerous studies, is not since before the start of the pandemic. In October, months before COVID-19…

Contactless payments increased by 10 per cent last week as retailers across the country reopened their doors to the public.

Contactless payments jump 10% as non-essential stores reopen

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June 23, 2020

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Contactless payments increased by 10 per cent last week as retailers across the country reopened their doors to the public. As the government allowed non-essential retailers to re-open for the…

Contactless payments are set to be king as customers return to non-essential shops this week, with 40 per cent of shoppers stating it’ll be a key tactic is staying safe.

90% of “face to face” transactions now made by contactless as cards overtake cash for first time

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June 5, 2020

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Card payments were used more than cash for the first time ever in the UK last year, while contactless transactions have skyrocketed in recent months due to COVID-19. Card and…

Contactless limit rise to £45 leads to 7 million extra transactions and jump in average spend

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April 28, 2020

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Seven million extra contactless payments have been made since the limit was raised at the start of the month, while average transactions rise nearly £5. Contactless spending limits were raised…

Contactless spending limit rises to £45 from today

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April 1, 2020

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Contactless card spending limits will be raised to £45 today in widespread measures being but in place across the UK to help combat the spread of coronavirus. UK Finance, a…

Contactless limit raised to £45 to aid social distancing

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March 24, 2020

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Contactless payment limits will rise from £30 to £45 from April 1 as the UK’s financial and retail sectors take measures to help limit contagion. UK Finance, the British Retail…

Black Friday sales in the UK jumped 16.5 per cent compared to last year beating nearly all analysts expectations.

UK Black Friday sales break records and beat nearly all analyst estimates

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December 3, 2019

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Black Friday sales in the UK jumped 16.5 per cent compared to last year beating nearly all analysts expectations. According to Barclaycard, which processes a third of all spending in…

In this episode we spoke to Michael Rolph, fintech entrepreneur and co-founder of the fastest growing mobile wallet in Europe Yoyo Wallet about how to build platforms which create better relationships between retailers and customers.

The Retail Drop Podcast: Episode 4 – Michael Rolph, CEO and Co-founder of Yoyo Wallet

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October 29, 2019

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Welcome back to The Retail Drop Podcast in partnership with Go Instore, which you can now download from iTunes or PodBean to listen to offline. In this episode we spoke…

Click & collect usage in the UK is set to rise 8.2 per cent this year as consumers begin to expect “this option as standard for their digital purchases”.

£228m of click-and-collect packages left unclaimed last year

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August 20, 2019

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£228 million worth of click-and-collect packages were left unclaimed at retailers across the UK last year, according to a new study. Uncollected online purchases are on the rise in the…

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Online grocery spend more than doubled in June

Contactless, Cash and Coronavirus: Will COVID-19 wipe out cash in the UK?

Contactless payments jump 10% as non-essential stores reopen

90% of “face to face” transactions now made by contactless as cards overtake cash for first time

Contactless limit rise to £45 leads to 7 million extra transactions and jump in average spend

Contactless spending limit rises to £45 from today

Contactless limit raised to £45 to aid social distancing

UK Black Friday sales break records and beat nearly all analyst estimates

The Retail Drop Podcast: Episode 4 – Michael Rolph, CEO and Co-founder of Yoyo Wallet

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