Reasons to Read

The Coresight Research Retail 2025 series of reports looks ahead to the prospects for retail, exploring key trends by geography (namely, the US, the UK, China and India) and sector.

How is UK retail tracking against Coresight Research’s predictions? We provide a midyear review of the six predictions and trends that we outlined for 2025 in our Retail 2025: UK Retail Predictions report (published December 2024).

Understand how UK retail is adapting in a high-cost, low-growth environment—across data, media, margins and consumer behavior.

Read this report to discover answers to these questions:

• How are unified commerce platforms unlocking new value in retail through data integration and omnichannel agility?
• What’s driving the surge in in-store retail media, and how are grocers like Sainsbury’s and Tesco executing at scale?
• Which retailers are monetizing proprietary technologies and IP—and why is this opportunity limited to a select few?
• How are digital tools, AI (artificial intelligence) agents and automation reshaping both store-based and e-commerce shopping experiences?
• What are the consumer behaviors shaping UK retail in 2025—from caution around inflation to the impact of GLP-1 adoption?

Companies mentioned in this report include: Aldi, Amazon, B&M, IKEA, John Lewis Partnership, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Next, Ocado, Poundland, Primark, Sainsbury’s, Shein, Temu, Tesco

Other relevant research:

• Look out for the midyear reviews of our retail predictions for the US, China and India.
• All Coresight Research Retail 2025 reports
• Market Navigator: UK Retail, Including E-Commerce—Consumer Constraints To Fuel Multi-Year Discounter Growth
• The UK Retail Sales Databank brings together retail sales data to help you understand the trajectory of UK retail. This Databank is updated monthly.
• The US and UK Store Tracker Databank is the definitive resource for information on store openings and closures by sector in the US and UK retail industries.