Insights & Trends
Social activities fuel consumer spending in Q1
Social activities fuel consumer spending in Q1 Social activities, especially travel and dining, topped the list of consumer spending for Q1, during an otherwise difficult quarter. Overall, consumer spending grew by just 1% year-over-year, continuing the trend of total lower growth in spending over each of the last five quarters. Not surprisingly, many categories saw […]
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Travel & Entertainment
Travel industry bucks trend to show increased spend in first quarter
The travel industry has shaken off stagnation, showing growth in the first three months of this year according to new data from digital advertising platform, Cardlytics.
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Retail
Class Is In-Session: 2023 Back-to-School Infographic
Class Is In-Session Back-to-School continues to be one of the largest shopping events of the year, and once again, Cardlytics is here to inform on the latest consumer trends. Our analysis of over $122B in BTS spend over the last 3 years sheds light on YoY trends, category-level insights, and more. Now more than ever, […]
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Featured
Q1 2023 State of Spend
COVID’s long-term impact on consumer spending As the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, some pandemic lifestyle changes like mask-wearing in the U.S. remain common. America’s spending habits, however, are starting to return to pre-pandemic trends. After two years of disruption, we took a look back at COVID’s long-term impact and made it the focus […]
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Restaurant
Insight: Casual Dining bucks category trend when it comes to in-restaurant dining
Small Bytes: Your serving of bite-sized analytics for your business With inflation at an all-time high, have consumers shifted their dining behaviors? Cardlytics has the purchase data to uncover the most relevant insights within the Restaurant category and beyond. Does Third Party Delivery’s continued growth indicate a more permanent post-pandemic prioritization of ease & convenience? […]
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Grocery
Insight: Traditional grocers are losing share of stomach in multiple directions
With inflation at an all-time high, have consumers shifted their food shopping behaviors? At CDLX, we have the purchase data to uncover the most relevant insights within grocery and beyond.
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News
New year’s resolutions hike health and fitness subscriptions in January but tighter budgets restrict year-on-year spend
New year’s resolutions drive an increase in spending on health and fitness subscriptions in January, but overall spend is down year-on-year driven by cost-of-living cutbacks, according to new data from digital advertising platform, Cardlytics. New spend data from over 24 million UK bank accounts revealed that spending on gym subscriptions increased 14%, whilst at home […]
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Retail
What Christmas sale spend trends can tell us about retail in 2023 as rewards take centre stage
The ongoing rise in the cost of living has altered the way Brits approached spending in the last 12 months – with the Christmas period providing a clear indicator of today’s state of play. Spending year-on-year flatlined with the average transaction value sitting at around £33 for Christmas 2022 and the previous year. Retail spending […]
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Retail
What can the £10 million drop in Black Friday Spending tell us about spend across the Golden Quarter this year?
Sitting at the halfway point of the Golden Quarter, Black Friday is a crucial bellwether on consumer spending, indicating how retailers are performing and what they can expect over the critical festive period. This year saw Brits spend nearly £10 million less than in 2021 as rising inflation and the cost-of-living crisis tightened consumers’ belts. […]
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