- Insight and Impact returns on 26 April to bring industry closer to shoppers - Industry figureheads such as Tesco’s Jason Tarry and P&G’s Ian Morley will join fellow retailers and manufacturers on the main stage at IGD’s flagship event, Insight and Impact , to help businesses win with shoppers today and tomorrow. Returning for its second year, the event will put collaboration and omnich...

Your overview of economic and policy news with a focus on the food and consumer goods industry. Featuring the latest developments and guidance on the rising cost of living, the Ukraine crisis, labour shortages, policy developments and adapting to a new relationship with the EU. Food inflation falls slightly Year-on-year CPI inflation for food and drink in January was +16.7% , down ...

ONS has issued new data, showing that UK inflation continued to ease in January 2023, although the cost of living still greatly outpaces income growth for most households. Data from ONS shows that inflation in the UK continues to weaken. Using the CPI method, year-on-year “all items” inflation peaked in October 2022 at +11.1% and has since declined, reaching +10.1% in January 2023. ...

New ONS data shows that regular pay (excluding bonuses) in the UK is rising at the strongest rate seen outside of the COVID-19 period, however, it continues to fall behind inflation. The growth rate in average weekly earnings in December 2022, including bonuses, fell slightly to 5.9% year-on-year. This is primarily due to higher-than-normal December bonuses paid in December 2021. Ho...

In new UK labour market data released by ONS , the UK labour market begins to show signs of cooling slightly as the wider economic environment has an impact. In October to December 2022, unemployment remained low at 3.7%, but was up 0.2% on the previous three-month period. The UK employment rate also rose slightly, up 0.2% higher than the previous period. Conversely, average weekly h...

In this short mentor introduction video we will let you know a little bit more about the Reverse Mentoring programme, share a few insights about the experience you’ve signed up to be part of and some of the learnings from those that have already graduated from the programme have shared with us. Reverse Mentoring Programme Our ambition is to create a more inclusive industry by supp...

In this short mentee introduction video we will let you know a little bit more about the Reverse Mentoring programme, share a few insights about the experience you’ve signed up to be part of and some of the learnings from those that have already graduated from the programme have shared with us. Reverse Mentoring Programme Our ambition is to create a more inclusive industry by su...

Your overview of economic and policy news with a focus on the food and consumer goods industry. Featuring the latest developments and guidance on the rising cost of living, the Ukraine crisis, labour shortages, policy developments and adapting to a new relationship with the EU. Recession or no recession? Independent experts have forecast that the UK may avoid a recession, suggesti...

IGD’s CEO, Susan Barratt, contributes to the BRC’s Retail Sales Monitor, providing insight on UK food and drink sales. At first glance, food and drink sales in January look uncharacteristically strong, but in fact the typical slow start to the year has been heavily disguised by a big dose of inflation. After a slightly more buoyant December, it’s clear that volumes fell in January as sho...

Your overview of economic and policy news with a focus on the food and consumer goods industry. Featuring the latest developments and guidance on the rising cost of living, the Ukraine crisis, labour shortages, policy developments and adapting to a new relationship with the EU. Shopper confidence boost IGD’s Shopper Confidence index has risen to -17 compared to -21 last month, the h...