This statistic presents the biggest threats to the success of Christmas trading in 2015, as perceived by retailers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Logistics stress was one of the main worries, with 42 percent of UK retailers and 37 percent of Irish retailers surveyed seeing it as the biggest threat to success in 2015.
What do you see as the biggest threat to the success of Christmas this year?
Characteristic
UK
Ireland
Logistics stress
41.2%
36.7%
IT failure
23.2%
30%
Bad weather
14.8%
6.7%
Early sale of Black Friday and Mega Monday
8.8%
6.7%
Short of staff
4.4%
3.3%
Something else
3.2%
3.3%
Competition from Amazon, eBay and other online stores
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Barclays. (December 1, 2015). What do you see as the biggest threat to the success of Christmas this year? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/500322/threats-to-retailers-christmas-united-kingdom-uk-ireland/
Barclays. "What do you see as the biggest threat to the success of Christmas this year?." Chart. December 1, 2015. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/500322/threats-to-retailers-christmas-united-kingdom-uk-ireland/
Barclays. (2015). What do you see as the biggest threat to the success of Christmas this year?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/500322/threats-to-retailers-christmas-united-kingdom-uk-ireland/
Barclays. "What Do You See as The Biggest Threat to The Success of Christmas This Year?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/500322/threats-to-retailers-christmas-united-kingdom-uk-ireland/
Barclays, What do you see as the biggest threat to the success of Christmas this year? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/500322/threats-to-retailers-christmas-united-kingdom-uk-ireland/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
What do you see as the biggest threat to the success of Christmas this year? [Graph], Barclays, December 1, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/500322/threats-to-retailers-christmas-united-kingdom-uk-ireland/
