The Retail Occasions Market 2023 report forms part of the Retail Occasions series and offers a comprehensive overview of the market size for key occasions from 2017-2022. These key occasions are Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Easter, Father's Day, summer holidays, back to school, Halloween, Black Friday and Christmas. The report analyses the market growth and the market shares of the top five retailers for each key occasion overall, and for core categories.
The UK key occasions market rose between 2018 and 2023, driven by growth in the Easter and Christmas events. Halloween expenditure decreased in 2023 compared to 2018, making it the worst performing occasion during the period.
The UK key occasions market rose between 2018 and 2023, driven by growth in the Easter and Christmas events. Halloween expenditure decreased in 2023 compared to 2018, making it the worst performing occasion during the period.
Scope
- The total key occasions market rose between 2018 to 2023, with the largest increase coming from Christmas.
- Halloween was the only occasion to experience a decline between 2018 and 2023, having experienced the same fate between 2017 and 2022.
- The UK Christmas market accounted for almost half of the total key occasions market in 2023.
Reasons to Buy
- Use our in-depth market insight to gain knowledge of the market sizes of key retail occasions from 2018 to 2023, including Christmas, Mother's Day and Black Friday.
- Understand which retailers perform well in different categories, such as food & drink and gifts, within the key occasions using our detailed market shares.
Table of Contents
- Key occasions overall: market sizes & growth rates
- Christmas: market sizes & growth rates
- Christmas: market shares
- Valentine's Day: market sizes & growth rates
- Valentine's Day: market shares
- Mother's Day: market sizes & growth rates
- Mother's Day: market shares
- Easter: market sizes & growth rates
- Easter: market shares
- Father's Day: market sizes & growth rates
- Father's Day: market shares
- Summer: market sizes & growth rates
- Summer: market shares
- Back to school: market sizes & growth rates
- Back to school: market shares
- Halloween: market sizes & growth rates
- Halloween: market shares
- Black Friday: market sizes & growth rates
- Black Friday: market shares
- Technical details: Consumer survey work
- Key occasions market sizes, 2018 & 2023 and growth rates
- Key occasions share of the total key occasions market, 2023
- Total key occasions retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total key occasions retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Key occasions share of total retail, 2018 - 2023
- Total Christmas retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Christmas retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Overall Christmas retail market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Christmas gifting retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Christmas gifting retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Christmas gifting market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Christmas food & drink retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Christmas food & drink retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Christmas food & drink market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Christmas festive items retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Christmas festive items retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Christmas festive items market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Valentine's Day retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Valentine's Day retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Overall Valentine's Day retail market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Valentine's Day gifting retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Valentine's Day gifting retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Valentine's Day gifting market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Valentine's Day food & drink retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Valentine's Day food & drink retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Valentine's Day food & drink market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Valentine's Day non-food items retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Valentine's Day non-food items retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Valentine's Day non-food items market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Mother's Day retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Mother's Day retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Overall Mother's Day retail market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Mother's Day gifting retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Mother's Day gifting retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Mother's Day gifting market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Mother's Day food & drink retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Mother's Day food & drink retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Mother's Day food & drink market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Mother's Day non-food items retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Mother's Day non-food items retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Mother's Day non-food items market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Easter retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Easter retail growth 2018 - 2023
- Overall Easter retail market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Easter gifting retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Easter gifting retail growth 2018 - 2023
- Easter gifting market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Easter food & drink retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Easter food & drink retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Easter food & drink market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Easter non-food items retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Easter non-food items retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Easter non-food items market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Father's Day retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Father's Day retail growth 2018 - 2023
- Overall Father's Day retail market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Father's Day gifting retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Father's Day gifting retail growth 2018 - 2023
- Father's Day gifting market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Father's Day food & drink retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Father's Day food & drink retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Father's Day food & drink market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Father's Day non-food items retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Father's Day non-food items retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Father's Day non-food market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Summer holidays retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Summer holidays retail growth 2018 - 2023
- Overall summer retail market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total buying for summer holidays retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total buying for summer holidays retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Buying for summer holidays market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Summer holidays food & drink retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Summer holidays food & drink retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Summer holidays food & drink market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total general Summer retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total general Summer retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- General summer market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total back to school retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total back to school retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Overall back to school retail market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total back to school uniform retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total back to school uniform retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Back to school uniform market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total back to school sports retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total back to school sports retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Back to school sports market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total back to school stationery retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total back to school stationery retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Back to school stationery market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total back to school accessories retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total back to school accessories retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Back to school accessories market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total back to school books retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total back to school books retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Back to school books market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Halloween retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Halloween retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Overall Halloween retail market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Halloween decorations retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Halloween decorations retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Halloween decorations market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Halloween costumes retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Halloween costumes retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Halloween costumes market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Halloween food retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Halloween food retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Halloween food market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Halloween entertainment & stationery retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Halloween entertainment & stationery retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Halloween entertainment & stationery market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Black Friday retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Black Friday retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Overall Black Friday retail market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Black Friday electricals & technology retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Black Friday electricals & technology retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Black Friday electricals & technology market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Black Friday clothing & footwear retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Black Friday clothing & footwear retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Black Friday clothing & footwear market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Black Friday health & beauty retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Black Friday health & beauty retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Black Friday health & beauty market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Black Friday entertainment & leisure retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Black Friday entertainment & leisure retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Black Friday entertainment & leisure market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Black Friday home retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Black Friday home retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Black Friday home market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Black Friday food & drink retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Black Friday food & drink retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Black Friday food & drink market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
- Total Black Friday miscellaneous retail spend, 2018 - 2023
- Total Black Friday miscellaneous retail growth, 2018 - 2023
- Black Friday miscellaneous market shares, top 5, 2022 & 2023
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- Aldi
- Amazon
- Argos
- ASDA
- ASOS
- B&Q
- Blackwell's
- Boots
- Card Factory
- Clintons
- Currys
- JD Sports
- John Lewis & Partners
- Marks & Spencer
- Morrisons
- Next
- Primark
- Sainsbury's
- Smyths Toys
- Sports Direct
- Superdrug
- Tesco
- The Range
- The Very Group
- The Works
- Waterstones
- WH Smith
