Retailer Articles

All the Retailer Articles from the Dividebuy Team.

Retailer Articles

All the Retailer Articles from the Dividebuy Team.

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Gen X overtake Millennials in sports and fitness product finance spending

The average Retail Finance order for UK sports and fitness products reached £1502 in 2024, up 111% from £709 in 2023. Read the full report.

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25/08/2020

Grass Warehouse’s sales increase after introducing DivideBuy amidst COVID-19 lockdown

The UK’s largest artificial grass retailer implemented DivideBuy in April and immediately saw sales increase by 30% Stoke-on-Trent, UK. 25th August 2020: Leading LendTech company, DivideBuy, has revealed the results of its partnership with Grass Warehouse, the UK’s leading retailer of artificial grass and the online-only subsidiary of the Walton Flooring Centre. To […]

by Sam L

25/08/2020

Improving consumer confidence in the wake of COVID-19

Consumer spending has been on a steady upward trend since the 2008 crash. Then the pandemic hit, throwing a spanner in the works for many businesses as consumers were pushed into their homes and away from the high street. As a result, consumer finances are naturally more precarious now, with jobs at risk and hard-hit […]

by Heather Wilkinson

Content Author

20/08/2020

Employee spotlight: Celebrating our esteemed Business Development Director, James Bradley

When DivideBuy first began there were only 3 employees but now that number is over 50, and we couldn’t make our business work without any of them. That’s why we enjoy celebrating their success and their contributions to our growing business. In fact, we ranked third in the 2019 Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 […]

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

13/07/2020

COVID-19: How can UK retailers grow during the pandemic?

It’s no news that the retail industry has been flipped on its head by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the lockdown, most in-store operations have been shut down, and nationwide furloughs, reduced pay and steady streams of income at risk have fuelled a change in consumer spending priorities and trends. We need to band […]

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 […]