Consumer and SME Economy report

UK and Germany Spend Insight Report 14 Nov – 20 Nov 2022

In this week’s report, spend in the UK was up 1% versus 2021 (YoY) and up 12% versus 2019 (Yo3Y). Spend in Germany was up 8% YoY and up 16% Yo3Y. In the UK, ahead of the Black Friday/ Cyber Monday sales period we are starting to see an uptick in some retail category spending this week with Sporting Goods and Clothing & Apparel leading the way. In Germany, we are seeing average basket sizes track higher which is seeing growth in Sporting Goods, Clothing & Apparel and Health & Beauty stores.