UK and Germany Spend Insight Report 18 Oct - 24 Oct

Consumer and SME Economy report

In this week’s report, spend in the UK and Germany was up 8% and 12% respectively, vs 2019 levels. This week, the report includes a deep-dive into High Street spending, which continues to track below 2019 levels in the UK. In Germany, spend in this sector has just recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

UK and Germany Spend Insight Report 11 Oct - 17 Oct

Consumer and SME Economy report

In this week’s report, spend was up 7% in the UK vs 2019, and the hospitality sector remains buoyant, with robust growth in Restaurant and Food Delivery sector spend. In Germany, spend is now close to or above 2019 levels across Travel, Fuel, and Online & High Street Retail sectors.

UK and Germany Spend Insight Report 04 Oct - 10 Oct

Consumer and SME Economy report

In this week’s report, spend was up 7% in the UK and 5% in Germany, versus 2019 levels. In the UK, Airline spend shows strong signs of a recovery, and is now only 13% lower than in 2019. In Germany, grocery spend declined for the first time in 9 weeks, down 5% due to lower transaction volumes.

UK and Germany Spend Insight Report 27 Sep - 03 Oct

Consumer and SME Economy report

In this week’s report, UK spend was up 6% vs 2019, and declined on last week as fuel spending returned to normal. In Germany, spend was down 3% vs 2019 this week, down by -7% on last week’s spend. This decrease in spending was broadly based and encompassed sectors such as Clothing & Apparel and Restaurants.

UK and Germany Spend Insight Report 20 - 26 Sep

Consumer and SME Economy report

In this week's report, UK spend was up 9% vs 2019, and growth is slightly above the recent trend due to the increase in fuel spending. Germany spend was up 7% vs 2019, with spend broadly in line with last week. Online and High Street retail spend is continuing to trend lower across the UK, while in Germany spend bounced back this week following a period of declines​.

UK and Germany Spend Insight Report 13 - 19 Sep

Consumer and SME Economy report

In this week's report, UK spend was up 6% vs 2019, marking five straight months of single digit growth. Germany spend was up 3% vs 2019, overall spend has slowed since peaking in August. Food Delivery spend growth remains high despite restaurant re-openings, and the sector is now over double the size it was in 2019 in both the UK and Germany.

UK and Germany Spend Insight Report 6 - 12 Sep

Consumer and SME Economy report

In this week's report, UK spend was up 8% vs 2019, maintaining the general growth trend first observed in April. Germany spend was up 5% vs 2019, recovering from last week's decline. Consumers continue to spend more on Grocery before the pandemic, with spend remaining above 2019.