Dataset Card for UK Supermarket Time Series Data (Combined)

This dataset is a consolidated version of the Time Series UK Supermarket Data originally shared by Declan McAlinden under the Apache License 2.0.
It merges the five original CSV files (one per UK supermarket) into a single Parquet file:base_retail_gb_snappy.parquet Listed UK supermarket, Sainsbury, ASDA, Tesco, Morrisons & Aldi The data remains unchanged, but combining the files simplifies loading and analysis, especially… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/Rif-SQL/time-series-uk-retail-supermarket-price-data.

View monthly updates and historical trends for UK Retail Price Index. from United Kingdom. Source: Office for National Statistics. Track economic data wit…

United Kingdom UK: Retail Price Index: All Items data was reported at 117.665 2010=100 in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 115.663 2010=100 for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Retail Price Index: All Items data is updated yearly, averaging 36.329 2010=100 from Dec 1948 (Median) to 2016, with 69 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 117.665 2010=100 in 2016 and a record low of 3.801 2010=100 in 1948. United Kingdom UK: Retail Price Index: All Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.IMF.IFS: Consumer and Producer Price Index: Annual.

Standard error reference tables for the Retail Sales Index in Great Britain.

Online Retail Transaction Data

UK Online Retail Sales and Customer Transaction Data

By UCI [source]

About this dataset

Comprehensive Dataset on Online Retail Sales and Customer Data

Welcome to this comprehensive dataset offering a wide array of information related to online retail sales. This data set provides an in-depth look at transactions, product details, and customer information documented by an online retail company based in the UK. The scope of the data spans vastly, from granular details about each product sold to extensive customer data sets from different countries.

This transnational data set is a treasure trove of vital business insights as it meticulously catalogues all the transactions that happened during its span. It houses rich transactional records curated by a renowned non-store online retail company based in the UK known for selling unique all-occasion gifts. A considerable portion of its clientele includes wholesalers; ergo, this dataset can prove instrumental for companies looking for patterns or studying purchasing trends among such businesses.

The available attributes within this dataset offer valuable pieces of information:

• InvoiceNo: This attribute refers to invoice numbers that are six-digit integral numbers uniquely assigned to every transaction logged in this system. Transactions marked with 'c' at the beginning signify cancellations - adding yet another dimension for purchase pattern analysis.

• StockCode: Stock Code corresponds with specific items as they're represented within the inventory system via 5-digit integral numbers; these allow easy identification and distinction between products.

• Description: This refers to product names, giving users qualitative knowledge about what kind of items are being bought and sold frequently.

• Quantity: These figures ascertain the volume of each product per transaction – important figures that can help understand buying trends better.

• InvoiceDate: Invoice Dates detail when each transaction was generated down to precise timestamps – invaluable when conducting time-based trend analysis or segmentation studies.

• UnitPrice: Unit prices represent how much each unit retails at — crucial for revenue calculations or cost-related analyses.

Finally,

• Country: This locational attribute shows where each customer hails from, adding geographical segmentation to your data investigation toolkit.

This dataset was originally collated by Dr Daqing Chen, Director of the Public Analytics group based at the School of Engineering, London South Bank University. His research studies and business cases with this dataset have been published in various papers contributing to establishing a solid theoretical basis for direct, data and digital marketing strategies.

Access to such records can ensure enriching explorations or formulating insightful hypotheses about consumer behavior patterns among wholesalers. Whether it's managing inventory or studying transactional trends over time or spotting cancellation patterns - this dataset is apt for multiple forms of retail analysis

How to use the dataset

1. Sales Analysis:

Sales data forms the backbone of this dataset, and it allows users to delve into various aspects of sales performance. You can use the Quantity and UnitPrice fields to calculate metrics like revenue, and further combine it with InvoiceNo information to understand sales over individual transactions.

2. Product Analysis:

Each product in this dataset comes with its unique identifier (StockCode) and its name (Description). You could analyse which products are most popular based on Quantity sold or look at popularity per transaction by considering both Quantity and InvoiceNo.

3. Customer Segmentation:

If you associated specific business logic onto the transactions (such as calculating total amounts), then you could use standard machine learning methods or even RFM (Recency, Frequency, Monetary) segmentation techniques combining it with 'CustomerID' for your customer base to understand customer behavior better. Concatenating invoice numbers (which stand for separate transactions) per client will give insights about your clients as well.

4. Geographical Analysis:

The Country column enables analysts to study purchase patterns across different geographical locations.

Practical applications

Understand what products sell best where - It can help drive tailored marketing strategies. Anomalies detection – Identify unusual behaviors that might lead frau...

A first estimate of retail sales in value and volume terms for Great Britain, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted.

Online retail in the United Kingdom has been gaining ground in the past decade. With the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, the value of online retail sales in the United Kingdom peaked at around 129.5 billion British pounds in 2021. In 2022, the figure decreased to ***** billion British pounds. However, they then went through another recovery and achieved around ***** billion British pounds in 2024. What ranks high in UK e-commerce? In the United Kingdom, clothing and household goods were the most popular retail items consumers purchased through the internet in 2020. Data published by the Office for National Statistics (UK) showed that other leisure activities and services such as booking holiday accommodations, travel arrangements and event tickets were other areas consumers depended on the internet to buy. German e-commerce market The UK might have the highest share of online sales in retail trade, but other European countries such as Germany and France have had impressive track records over the years as well. According to the forecasts provided by German E-commerce and Distance Selling Trade Association (bevh), the market volume of Germany’s e-commerce sector was projected to see over ** billion euros in 2021.

Retail Sales in the United Kingdom decreased 1.10 percent in October of 2025 over the previous month. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Retail Sales MoM - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

United Kingdom Retail Price Index: Weights: Household Services: Domestic Services data was reported at 13.000 Per 1000 in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 15.000 Per 1000 for 2017. United Kingdom Retail Price Index: Weights: Household Services: Domestic Services data is updated yearly, averaging 9.000 Per 1000 from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2018, with 45 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.000 Per 1000 in 2017 and a record low of 4.000 Per 1000 in 1981. United Kingdom Retail Price Index: Weights: Household Services: Domestic Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.I012: Retail Price Index: Weights.

Retail sales data for Great Britain in value and volume terms, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted.

Graph and download economic data for Sales: Retail Trade: Total Retail Trade: Volume for United Kingdom (SLRTTO01GBA657S) from 1958 to 2024 about United Kingdom, retail trade, sales, and retail.

United Kingdom Retail Price Index: Food: Sweets and Chocolates data was reported at 295.200 13Jan1987=100 in Sep 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 300.100 13Jan1987=100 for Aug 2018. United Kingdom Retail Price Index: Food: Sweets and Chocolates data is updated monthly, averaging 166.200 13Jan1987=100 from Jan 1987 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 381 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 300.100 13Jan1987=100 in Aug 2018 and a record low of 99.700 13Jan1987=100 in Apr 1987. United Kingdom Retail Price Index: Food: Sweets and Chocolates data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.I011: Retail Price Index.

United Kingdom Retail Price Index: Personal Goods & Services data was reported at 281.100 13Jan1987=100 in Jun 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 281.300 13Jan1987=100 for May 2018. United Kingdom Retail Price Index: Personal Goods & Services data is updated monthly, averaging 195.650 13Jan1987=100 from Jan 1987 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 378 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 281.300 13Jan1987=100 in May 2018 and a record low of 100.000 13Jan1987=100 in Jan 1987. United Kingdom Retail Price Index: Personal Goods & Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.I011: Retail Price Index.

U.K. Off Price Retail Market size is growing with a CAGR of 4.6% in the prediction period & it crosses USD 12,610.3 Mn by 2032 from USD 9,210.6 Mn in 2025

In August 2025, internet sales accounted for 26.2 percent of all retail sales in Great Britain. Over the considered period, food online sales did not go over 10 percent of total retail sales.

This statistic shows the price level of consumer goods in the United Kingdom (UK) compared to the EU-28 average in 2016, by category. In the UK, the price of clothing was **** percent lower than the European average in 2017.

United Kingdom Retail Price Index: Excludes Housing data was reported at 265.600 13Jan1987=100 in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 265.500 13Jan1987=100 for Sep 2018. United Kingdom Retail Price Index: Excludes Housing data is updated monthly, averaging 167.000 13Jan1987=100 from Jan 1987 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 382 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 265.700 13Jan1987=100 in Aug 2018 and a record low of 100.000 13Jan1987=100 in Jan 1987. United Kingdom Retail Price Index: Excludes Housing data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.I011: Retail Price Index.

This statistic shows the Retail Price Index - Jevons (RPIJ) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2016. Over this time period, the RPIJ increased by 26 percent, growing from 177.4 points in 2003 to a peak of 240.9 points in 2016. By comparison, the monthly RPIJ increased by 2.5 percent between January 2015 and January 2017, with a peak of 244 points in December 2016. In contrast, the Retail Price Index (RPI) saw a growth rate of 4.4 percent between January 2015 and December 2016, reaching 267.1. Whilst the Consumer Price Index (CPIH) saw an increase of 21.3 percent in the last 11 years.

Gas oil retail price is projected to be cheaper for the industry sector in comparison with the services sector. By 2035, retail price for gas oil is expected to be 5.6 British pence per kilowatt hour for industrial use, and 5.9 British pence per kilowatt hour for services use.

Context

Typically e-commerce datasets are proprietary and consequently hard to find among publicly available data. However, The UCI Machine Learning Repository has made this dataset containing actual transactions from 2010 and 2011. The dataset is maintained on their site, where it can be found by the title "Online Retail".

Content

"This is a transnational data set which contains all the transactions occurring between 01/12/2010 and 09/12/2011 for a UK-based and registered non-store online retail.The company mainly sells unique all-occasion gifts. Many customers of the company are wholesalers."

Acknowledgements

Per the UCI Machine Learning Repository, this data was made available by Dr Daqing Chen, Director: Public Analytics group. chend '@' lsbu.ac.uk, School of Engineering, London South Bank University, London SE1 0AA, UK.

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Inspiration

Analyses for this dataset could include time series, clustering, classification and more.