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Gen Z is leaving £6.5bn in their shopping baskets according to Barclaycard

June 24, 2021

Barclaycard Payment has released figures showing that 69 per cent of 18-24 year old shoppers are abandoning baskets worth up to £6.5 billion. The research shows the average monthly basket…

Consumer confidence in the UK is returning to pre-pandemic levels as consumer spending is up on the same period in 2019, new figures from Barclaycard show.

Consumer confidence returning to pre-pandemic levels

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May 11, 2021

George Iddenden

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Consumer confidence in the UK is returning to pre-pandemic levels as consumer spending is up on the same period in 2019, new figures from Barclaycard show. The report from Barclaycard,…

Online retail sales growth has continued to rise throughout March, despite the promise of the high street opening up in April, figures from IMRG show.

Online retail sales continues impressive growth of 70% in March

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Barclaycard growth IMRG Online Sales

April 13, 2021

George Iddenden

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Online retail sales growth has continued to rise throughout March, despite the promise of the high street opening up in April. IMRG’s Capgemini Online Retail Index, which displays the sales…

Online sales in the UK grew 36 per cent throughout 2020, the highest growth seen for 13 years, according to new figures from IMRG.

Consumer confidence hit 12-month high last month as online retail boom continues

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Barclaycard consumer confidence Consumer spending Online retail

March 10, 2021

Ben Stevens

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Consumer spending fell by nearly 14 per cent last month despite consumer confidence in the economy rising to its highest level in a year. According to the latest figures from…

Consumer spending fell 16.3 per cent in January marking its sharpest decline since May 2020, with online shopping continuing to be the only respite for retail.

Consumer spending drops 16% in January as shoppers “continue habits formed in first lockdown”

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Barclaycard Consumer spending online

February 9, 2021

Ben Stevens

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Consumer spending fell 16.3 per cent in January marking its sharpest decline since May 2020, with online shopping continuing to be the only respite for retail. According to new data…

Contactless payment limits could soon jump to £100 as the coronavirus pandemic forces a dramatic change in “behaviour in how people pay”.

Contactless limit could more than double to £100

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January 28, 2021

Ben Stevens

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Contactless payment limits could soon jump to £100 as the coronavirus pandemic forces a dramatic change of “behaviour in how people pay”. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced yesterday that…

Contactless payments accounted for nearly 90 per cent of all face-to-face card transactions last year, largely driven by the rise in spending limits to £45.

90% of card payments were contactless in 2020

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Barclaycard card Contactless

January 22, 2021

Ben Stevens

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Contactless payments accounted for nearly 90 per cent of all face-to-face card transactions last year, largely driven by the rise in spending limits to £45. Barclaycard’s latest data has revealed…

UK shoppers buying from the EU will now be charged five times as much as they were before Brexit in credit card “interchange fees”.

Online retail won’t go back to slower pre-pandemic growth says Mastercard CEO

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Barclaycard Mastercard Michael Miebach

January 13, 2021

Ben Stevens

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Online shopping is due to continue accelerating at greater speeds after the pandemic is over, according to Mastercard’s chief executive Michael Miebach. Speaking to a virtual panel at CES yesterday,…

Online retail sales skyrocketed 52.2 per cent throughout December as lockdown restrictions decimated in-store sales.

Online retail sales accounted for nearly half of all spend in December

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Barclaycard Online retail

January 12, 2021

Ben Stevens

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Online retail sales skyrocketed 52.2 per cent throughout December as lockdown restrictions decimated in-store sales. According to the latest data from Barclaycard, overall consumer spending throughout December dropped by 2.3…

Brits have saved a whopping £245 billion over lockdown and are preparing to spend up to £60 billion of that when lockdown ends.

Last weekend was 2020’s biggest shopping event outpacing Black Friday by 40%

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Barclaycard Black Friday Cyber Monday retail sales

December 9, 2020

Ben Stevens

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Retail sales far surpassed both Black Friday and Cyber Monday last weekend making it the biggest shopping event of 2020. According to the latest figures from Barclaycard, which processes £1…

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Gen Z is leaving £6.5bn in their shopping baskets according to Barclaycard

Consumer confidence returning to pre-pandemic levels

Online retail sales continues impressive growth of 70% in March

Consumer confidence hit 12-month high last month as online retail boom continues

Consumer spending drops 16% in January as shoppers “continue habits formed in first lockdown”

Contactless limit could more than double to £100

90% of card payments were contactless in 2020

Online retail won’t go back to slower pre-pandemic growth says Mastercard CEO

Online retail sales accounted for nearly half of all spend in December

Last weekend was 2020’s biggest shopping event outpacing Black Friday by 40%

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