Neil Saunders

@NeilRetail

Managing Director of GlobalData Retail, founder of Conlumino. I analyze all sorts of things to do with retail, shopping, and consumers.

Scottsdale, AZ

Joined February 2010

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29KFollowers

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 35 m

🇺🇸 Less selection, higher prices: How tariffs are shaping the holiday shopping season buff.ly/AktqcOa

NeilRetail's tweet card. President Donald Trump’s vacillating trade policies are making it hard for businesses that sell consumer goods to nail down holiday orders and prices.

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 44 m

🇬🇧 Primark advances sensory-inclusive kidswear product and shopping buff.ly/at1BHOm

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 2 h

🇬🇧 Restoring VAT free shopping will deliver £3.7 billion boost say business leaders buff.ly/T0NySte

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🇺🇸 Target to stop price matching retailers buff.ly/wTLFFOD

NeilRetail's tweet card. The company will no longer match pricing for identical items at places such as Walmart and Amazon.

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🇺🇸 In-N-Out owner Lynsi Snyder says she is leaving California buff.ly/fIFLX7F

NeilRetail's tweet card. In-N-Out CEO Lynsi Snyder moves her family east to Tennessee, citing California's difficult environment for raising kids and business operations.

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 40 m

🇺🇸 Are US consumers running out of steam? buff.ly/wruRcBt

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🇬🇧 Whistles and White Stuff owner promotes from within for new chief brand officer buff.ly/goYTlXH

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 1 h

🇬🇧 Rixo launches resale platform buff.ly/y3KmCvN

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 1 h

🇬🇧 How has Tesco changed under Ken Murphy in the past five years? buff.ly/1QTCI4j

NeilRetail's tweet card. After winning The Grocer Cup last week, Group CEO Ken Murphy outlines how Tesco has changed in the nearly five years since he took on the role

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 1 h

🇬🇧 Asda to offer underperforming staff extra training as part of turnaround efforts buff.ly/Yi36qPv

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 1 h

🇬🇧 Ministers urged to let EU visitors shop tax-free buff.ly/BGhHFlG

NeilRetail's tweet card. Report claims that if VAT rebates scrapped in 2021 were restored, Britain could unlock a potential market of 450 million visitors and create over 73,000 jobs

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 1 h

🇬🇧 Primark makes kidswear more inclusive with sensory-friendly changes buff.ly/TZQWbMa

NeilRetail's tweet card. Primark is moving to make its children's clothes more inclusive, as it brings in small changes to make extra comfort standard.

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 2 h

🇬🇧 Chancellor's tax raid spells last orders for rural pubs buff.ly/b0e0vDI

NeilRetail's tweet card. Bosses have warned that the Government must intervene to stop smaller taverns from being dragged into paying business rates for the first time.

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 2 h

🇬🇧 Households less pessimistic about personal finances buff.ly/SM6PtZF

NeilRetail's tweet card. S&P Global’s UK consumer confidence survey for July shows signs of optimism despite a deterioration in the current financial situation

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 2 h

🇬🇧 Tesco puts premium on the menu with 2025 Finest Christmas lineup buff.ly/e9caOUp

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 2 h

🇬🇧 Spending power drops for 40% of UK households as inflation soars buff.ly/R9pAME4

NeilRetail's tweet card. Two in five UK households (40%) saw their spending power growth drop in June, as inflation rose to 3.6%, marking its highest rate since January 2024.

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 2 h

🇬🇧 Frasers Group CFO deems criticism of insolvency deals 'unfair' buff.ly/Dycsj5E

NeilRetail's tweet card. Retail tycoon Mike Ashley's Frasers Group has defended its use of insolvency deals to buy struggling retailers, according to reports.

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 2 h

🇬🇧 Lidl GB chief customer officer moves to Lidl France buff.ly/8FPXqwc

NeilRetail's tweet card. Lidl GB has yet to appoint a successor to Jassine Ouali

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 3 h

🇬🇧 Primark makes changes to make kidswear range more inclusive buff.ly/45svm6X

NeilRetail's tweet card. Fashion giant Primark has announced some product changes to help address sensory challenges some children and their parents face with clothing.

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Neil Saunders@NeilRetail · 3 h

🇬🇧 M&S opens first airside store at Heathrow Airport buff.ly/FT3aBdc

NeilRetail's tweet card. M&S has opened the first of its two new airside stores in Heathrow Terminal 5 ahead of the summer holidays.

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