Headline Findings: • Consumer spending declines -1.8%, extending downward trend to five months • Face-to-Face expenditure falls -2.5%, eCommerce spend decreases by -1.1% • Transport & Communication (-5.6%) and Clothing & Footwear (-5.4%) see most marked reductions in expenditure
• Visa and Stanford University publish one of the largest global transportation studies, more than 19,000 commuters in 19 countries participated • Study assesses trends and challenges in public transportation and parking, in the face of population growth and urban migration patterns
Headline Findings: • Consumer spending falls -1.3%, fastest reduction in nine months • Face-to-Face expenditure down -1.5%, eCommerce also declines -0.2% • Transport & Communication again posts the sharpest reduction (-4.7%), while Food & Drink spending turns positive (+1.7%)
Headline Findings: • Consumer spending: down -1.0%, strongest decline since April 2018 • Face-to-Face expenditure falls -1.6%, eCommerce spending up just +0.5% • Transport & Communication sees fastest drop in spend (-4.4%), while Hotels, Restaurants & Bars buck the trend (+7.6%)
Headline Findings: • Consumer spending declines by -0.7%, following -0.2% fall in October • eCommerce expenditure rises by just +0.4%, while Face-to-Face spend falls again (-0.9%) • Transport & Communication, Clothing & Footwear and Recreation & Culture see quickest drops in spend
• Crickhowell High Street has been crowned the overall winner of the Government-run Great British High Street Awards 2018, sponsored by Visa • The Welsh high street, commended for its community-led initiatives and strong network of independent businesses, wins £15,000 for the local community
Headline Findings: • Consumer spending: falls by -0.2%, after rising in August and September • eCommerce expenditure up by +2.6%, but Face-to-Face spend declines by -2.0% • Spending falls across Clothing & Footwear, and rises only slightly across Food & Drink and Hotels, Restaurants & Bars categories
- Consumer spending: increases by +0.2%, following +0.4% rise in August - Face-to-Face expenditure: up by +1.1%, while eCommerce spend falls by -0.2% - Sector data show that Hotels, Restaurants & Bars and Food & Drink categories continue to see strongest increases in spend
- Consumer spending: rises +0.4%, after -0.9% decline in July - Face-to-Face spend: increases +0.3%, but eCommerce expenditure declines by -0.2% - Hotels, Restaurants & Bars and Food & Drink categories see the biggest increases in expenditure
- Consumer spending: down -0.9% compared to July last year - Face-to-Face spend: decreases -1.2%, while eCommerce expenditure falls by -0.5% - Warmer weather supports solid increase in spend across Food & Drink and Hotels, Restaurants & Bars categories
• Transport for London (TfL) and Visa proudly welcome home England manager Gareth Southgate and his team by renaming Southgate Tube station to honour the team’s achievement this summer; • Iconic London Underground station changed from ‘Southgate’ to ‘Gareth Southgate’ for 48 hours; • Commuters and football fans encouraged to share photos and videos using hashtag #SouthgateSelfie.
Headline Findings: • Consumer spending: Increases +0.7% compared to a year ago • Face-to-Face spend: Outstrips eCommerce for second consecutive month • World Cup fever: Hotels, Restaurants & Bars and Food & Drink categories are best performing sectors
Headline findings: - Consumer spending: up +0.9% year-on-year, quickest increase since March 2017 - Face-to-Face spend: up +1.5% on the year, strongest upturn since October 2016 - Spending on household goods rises for the first time in 18 months
Headline findings: - Consumer spending: drops -2.0% year-on-year, matching the decline seen in March - Face-to-face spend: down -5.4% on the year, quickest fall for six years - Household Goods and Recreation & Culture are weakest performing sectors
Headline findings: - Consumer spending: declines -2.1% year-on-year, following -1.0% drop in February - Face-to-Face spend: -3.0% on the year, while eCommerce falls by -1.2% - Transport & Communication weakest performing sector
Headline findings: Consumer spending: falls -1.1% year-on-year, declining for ninth time in ten months Face-to-Face spend: -2.5% on the year, while eCommerce rises only slightly (+0.2%) Recreation & Culture sees its greatest decline since April 2010
Visa launches Transportation Center of Excellence to reimagine payments for all parts of the journey – from parking and refuelling to travel by air and rail
Sponsorship will see Visa work with iZettle to bring contactless payments to Snowboxx festival in France for the first time.
Headline findings: Household spending falls by -1.2% on the year, the first January drop since 2013 Sharp decline in High Street spend (-4.0%), and slower growth in E-commerce (+1.5%) Transport & Communication suffers from quickest drop (-6.5%), while Hotels, Restaurants & Bars reports further rise (+3.7%)
• Visa and Revolut establish partnership that sees Revolut become a Visa card issuer; • To mark the partnership and Visa’s sponsorship of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, every member of Team GB’s delegation to South Korea has received a contactless Revolut Visa prepaid card; • Team Visa athletes Billy Morgan and Elise Christie amongst those receiving the cards to take to South Korea.
