Retailer Articles

All the Retailer Articles from the Dividebuy Team.

Retailer Articles

All the Retailer Articles from the Dividebuy Team.

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What is a vulnerable customer – and how can you protect them?

What is a vulnerable customer - and how can you protect them? Our credit partner, TransUnion, shares insights on how to identify and support customers in this category.

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09/11/2020

Should retailers offer finance on all their products?

Offering an interest-free credit option through DivideBuy allows your customers to spread the cost of purchases at no additional cost. Instead of paying for a product or a basket of products in one go, they can spread the cost over a term of between two and 12 months for the same overall cost. This […]

by Heather Wilkinson

Content Author

02/11/2020

How your eCommerce business can thrive during a recession

The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on the UK’s economy, and that includes the retail sector. High streets that were already struggling were hit hard by government restrictions at the height of lockdown. Many traditional ‘bricks and mortar’ retailers have found it difficult to cope with the changes, but for shops with […]

by Heather Wilkinson

Content Author

15/09/2020

How to rebuild customer loyalty after COVID

The global pandemic has turned the world on its head. For retailers, some of the most significant changes have been to consumer behaviour – this includes how people buy, what they buy, and where they buy it. To help retailers prioritise their efforts in this new era, Periscope by McKinsey surveyed more than 2,500 […]

by Heather Wilkinson

Content Author

20/07/2020

What our data tells us: How being stuck indoors has boosted garden investment

Consumer behaviour changed near enough overnight when the UK lockdown was announced in March. With bar crawls, shopping centres and holidays abroad temporarily off the table, we saw a boom in sales across a number of industries for our retail partners. We found that being stuck at home all day led many to spending […]

by Heather Wilkinson

Content Author

07/07/2020

Join the consumer finance revolution

Consumer finance has never been more popular. Office of National Statistics show that household credit, like credit card debt and loan plans, rose 11% to £119bn in the two years to March 2019. And experts predict that it’s only going to get bigger. “We expect the market for consumer finance as a whole to continue […]

by Heather Wilkinson

Content Author

23/06/2020

How to turn shoppers into repeat customers

Online retail has risen to record highs during the COVID-19 pandemic, as consumers make the switch to internet shopping for everything from essentials to gardening supplies and sports equipment. In April, online shopping accounted for a record 30.7%% of retail sales according to the Office for National Statistics, highlighting lockdown as an unprecedented opportunity for […]

by VM Marketing

08/06/2020

Keeping up with your Customers

As your customers’ preferences and expectations evolve over time, your business needs to too. Change is a natural part of life and businesses are no different. What customers want and how they want it is not the same now as it was 5 or 10 years ago. There are many examples of businesses that didn’t […]

by Heather Wilkinson

Content Author

17/04/2020

Let’s show customers the power of British retail

The outbreak of Covid-19 has had a dramatic impact on peoples’ lives and on businesses, not least retailers. Physical retailers that aren’t deemed essential have been asked to close with no clear indication of when they might re-open. Online shops can continue operating during this period, but many have seen their sales plummet as people […]