United Kingdom

This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries in Q4 2023 and 2024. Global inflation is moderating, although divergence remains among the key economies. Higher volatility in the energy markets and disruption of…

In the upcoming years, consumers and businesses face an array of challenges, with income inequality, mass migration and rising uncertainty about another crisis being among the major ones. Nevertheless, within this lie untapped opportunities. This…

Sunglasses in the UK recorded a strong decline in value sales in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sunglasses were the most-impacted category in eyewear in the UK during 2020 due the lack of social occasions, travel and mobility restrictions…

Spectacles will be continuing to record positive current value and volume growth in 2023 as the UK continues to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, with the full reopening of optical goods stores and increased demand from consumers who have returned…

Eyewear is expected to continue recording positive current value growth in the UK in 2023, albeit at a slightly slower rate than in the two previous years. Following the decline seen in 2020, sales had already returned to pre-pandemic levels in…