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Checked 19 September 2026. Every figure carries its geography, year and source, because beauty data mixes UK, Great Britain, European and US numbers more freely than any other sector.
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Two credible UK market figures exist and they are not interchangeable: €14.7 billion for the U...
Checked 19 September 2026. Most TikTok Shop statistics come from TikTok itself, which is stated clearly throughout, with independent measurement used wherever it exists.
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Most TikTok Shop data is first party. TikTok publishes growth percentages without starting figures, so treat...
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An audit finds problems. It does not fix them. Keep the two jobs separate, or the audit becomes a to do list nobody prioritised.
The Shopify specific check is canonicals, because a product can be served at both the plain URL and a collection context version.
Do not assume Sho...
Checked 19 September 2026. Sustainability has the weakest sourcing of any topic we cover, so every figure here carries its source, sample and date, and we have excluded more than we included.
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Only 36% of UK consumers said they were willing to pay more for sustainable products a...
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Snacks and soft drinks are huge categories, but ecommerce economics differ from supermarket economics because individual products are cheap and parcels are not.
The relationship that decides the business is average order value against fulfilment and carriage, so cases, multipacks...
Checked 19 September 2026. Every figure carries its source and date, with trade reporting of panel data labelled as such and the deposit return scheme details worth rechecking through 2027.
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UK soft drinks reached a record £26.3 billion in 2025 with volume up 2.2% and consumptio...
Checked 19 September 2026. Every figure is dated individually, because App Store counts and app pricing change constantly.
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Shopify’s own numbers disagree with each other. Its 2025 annual filing said more than 21,000 apps were available as of 31 December 2025 (SEC filing), whi...
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Health and fitness products run out on a schedule, which makes the category unusually strong for subscriptions, replenishment email and lifetime value.
The FDA describes the US dietary supplement market as worth more than $60 billion, with as many as 100,000 products and around 7...
Checked 19 September 2026. Returns data is unusually patchy, so this article states what can be sourced openly and leaves the gaps visible rather than filling them.
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UK online non food returns were forecast at 19.5% in 2025, worth £25.1 billion, down from around 21% and £26.7 bi...
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Beauty is large and resilient, with current momentum in skincare, fragrance, hair treatments and body care, though UK and US figures use different definitions and cannot be compared directly.
Product pages have to answer what a shopper would otherwise ask at a counter: suitabilit...