Although the winter holidays are essential for retailers around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is still disrupting shopping habits and trends in retail. While many people had hoped that a return to normality will be possible this holiday season, the Omicron variant quickly changed those plans and
Almost two years have passed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that reshaped life as we know it and disrupted numerous industries. Although vaccines and treatments are now widely available in most countries, new variants of the virus continue to emerge and, with them, new concerns. As
Retail sales have been through unprecedented times of change, predominantly due to the pandemic. This article will explore the retail sales in the UK and the US, and compare them to see which retail sector thrived the most in 2021. Retail sales in the US The sales in the US have varied since the
The pandemic has caused major drops in the figures of retail shopping, predominantly due to the closure of thousands of shops, many of which have never opened again due to bankruptcy. However, this does not mean that people have started shopping less, but rather they have gone to e-commerce
E-commerce retailers have been known to struggle for better positions in new markets, but Amazon is usually among the winners. The American multinational technology company is not only one of the best known retailers in the world, but it was also the leading online store worldwide in 2020, based on
It has become evident to the world that the e-commerce industry is growing exponentially. Companies, big and small, are closing down their stores and dedicating all their resources to online shopping. Some companies have decided to walk a different path when it comes to pivoting and figuring out
