Consumer and SME Economy report

UK and Germany Spend Insight Report 12 – 18 Sep 2022

In this week’s report, spend in the UK was flat 0% versus 2021 (YoY) and up 6% versus 2019 (Yo3Y). Spend in Germany was up 13% YoY and up 16% Yo3Y. In the UK, General Merchandise is the only Retail category to be up both YoY and versus 2019 while Airlines remains the top performing spend category YoY. In Germany, spend is up across all Retail categories YoY. Electronics has bounced back while Clothing & Apparel and Electronics are the only Retail categories with spend below 2019.