Category: Polls
Amazon Prime Day gives July’s online sales a lift – but lowest growth rate in 4 years
UK online retail sales were up 11% year-on-year in July boosted in part by Amazon Prime Day, according to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. However, this was the lowest July growth rate for the index in four years (since July 2013) and last year it was 18.6%. Growth for online sales…
Half of all images are selfies, claims new research
Image: Nearly half of all digital snaps are selfies. Image courtesy of HelloCanvas.co.uk Seems we are a nation of happy snappers, or at least very vain, taking more than 2,000 selfies per year, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 British adults carried out by digital printing website HelloCanvas.co.uk, found that while…
Average Brit uses gadgets 60 times a day
Our reliance on technology has reached such a high level that we now reach for a gadget every 16 minutes on average. That's the main finding of a survey of 1,000 British adults published by ElectricTobacconist.co.uk as part of the UK Gadget Usage Report 2017. It revealed that the average Briton uses smartphones, tablets and Fitbits/activity…
Half of Brit teens would consider engineering career, says report
At last some good news for those worried about the skills shortage, especially with forthcoming Brexit. A new report by recruitment website Jobsite shows that as many as 50% of 16-18 year olds would consider a career in engineering. With an annual shortfall of at least 20,000 skilled workers, generating interest in engineering has been…
Growth in device spending as consumers become ‘less price sensitive’, says Gartner
Users of PCs, ultramobiles and mobile phones are buying new devices at higher average selling prices (ASPs), resulting in growth in end-user spending in 2017. Gartner Inc. estimates that end-user spending will increase by 2 per cent in 2017, to nearly $600 billion in current US dollars. Spending on mobile phones will represent 67…
Online retail sales up 15%, but growth through smartphones slowing
According to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, UK online retail sales were up 15% year-on-year (YoY) in February, building on solid growth in February 2016 which was up 16% on the previous year. For the second month running, the average basket value was at a seven-year high for the month.…
YouGov site reveals how people rate each of Trump’s tweets
Heaven help us. As if the guy doesn't get enough publicity for his frankly insane social media activity, YouGov has unveiled a new website – TweetIndex.YouGov.com – showing how people rate each of Donald Trump’s tweets. YouGov TweetIndex is a new site that shows how the public reacts to a tweet’s content. To showcase the service, YouGov…
Nokia 3310 nostalgia overshadows iPhone and Samsung
It's the most over hyped tech story of the decade so no wonder that the re-launch of the retro Nokia 3310 has boosted consumer engagement and sales potential for the mobile phone brand. At least that's the result of a recently published poll. According to a survey by Harris 24, the handset's launch at Mobile World…
Retailers need to respond quickly to social media enquiries or risk losing customers
Responding quickly to customers' enquiries is the key to brand loyalty, according to research by Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. The survey of 1,000 UK consumers revealed nearly 8 out of 10 Brits (79 per cent) will use a different retailer if they don’t receive a timely response from customer service. The research also found that…
Technology profession is the most recession-proof in the UK
The most ‘recession-proof’ job is technology professional, where the aggregate wage bill has risen 82% in real terms from £17bn in 2012 to £32bn in 2014 IT jobs now make up 5% of the total wage bill for all UK full time employees There has been an increase of 400,000 full time IT jobs between…