Thinking Ahead: Your Leading-Edge Insights Podcast

After January's slump, February brought a breath of fresh air with all five measures of the Index on the rise, lifting the overall score to a still chilly -20. The star of the show? Consumers' outloo…

All indicators up in November.

Something changed in November as consumer confidence rose three points to -18. Moderator Lucy Green asked GfK’s Neil Bellamy discuss the measures that feed into the top…

Key future indicators on personal finances and purchase intentions edge up as general economic situation falls.

A drop of one point in consumer confidence to -21 dragged the overall index score back …

Key future indicators on personal finances, economy and purchase intentions all sharply lower

September’s results put a halt to the steady improvements in consumer confidence that GfK had been reco…

The Overall Index improved by one point to -13

Anyone expecting a significant leap in confidence levels following July’s general election result and England’s football team reaching the Euro 2024 fin…

These are the last results before the general election on July 4th

GfK’s Neil Bellamy and moderator Lucy Green discuss the June 2024 results. For the third month running the Index has increased, this…

Consumer confidence, the use of credit since covid and the influence of sustainability on purchase behaviour

In this episode of Thinking Ahead, Hannah Olley, a Senior Insights Manager in our UK Retai…

In this episode of Thinking Ahead, GfK’s Neil Bellamy and moderator Lucy Green discuss the May 2024 results. These were in before the announcement of a July 4th General Election. The overall Index sc…

In this episode of Thinking Ahead, GfK’s Neil Bellamy and moderator Lucy Green discuss the April 2024 results of UK Consumer Confidence Index. The overall Index score rose two points to -19, an encou…

GfK Consumer Life is returning to explore what consumers feel, think, need, and ultimately expect from brands today. Drawing on rich, industry-standard trends data, experts from GfK Consumer Life wil…

In this episode of Thinking Ahead, GfK’s Neil Bellamy and moderator Lucy Green discuss the March 2024 results. The overall Index score remained at -21 this month with no move from February. There was…

GfK Consumer Life is returning to explore what consumers feel, think, need, and ultimately expect from brands today. Drawing on rich, industry-standard trends data, experts from GfK Consumer Life wil…

One-quarter of all UK mobile phones sales in 2023 were for second-hand or refurbished handsets 

Explore the dynamic shift in consumer behaviour within the UK mobile phone market in 2023, where a sign…

Discover the pulse of the automotive industry in our latest podcast episode, where we unpack the Future of Mobility report from GfK AutoMobility™. From electric vehicle demand to consumer preferences…

The Living with Technology report explores how consumer tech sentiment, usage, and adoption have shifted and continue to evolve amid major disruptions.

In this episode, we sit down with GfK VP-CMI Ve…

Our CMO Outlook series does a deep dive on GfK's CMO Outlook report! The series covers several areas including sustainability, technology & AI, long-term brand building and more.

In this episode, w…