
Blis consumer confidence pulse: cautious optimism sets the tone
Blis consumer confidence pulse: cautious optimism sets the tone for Q2 2021

Blis consumer confidence pulse: cautious optimism sets the tone for Q2 2021

This blog post is a collaboration between market research firm, GlobalWebIndex (GWI) and location advertising and analytics company, Blis, and it reveals the answers to these questions by comparing what people say (in consumer research) vs what they do (in the real world).

The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted the way we live, work and play. It’s also impacted national economies of countries around the world and in turn the personal finances of individuals. Decision making has changed and household budgets are tighter. In the UK alone 40% of the working population is currently furloughed or unemployed.

With lockdowns slowly lifting around the world, the UK began Phase 2 of it’s restrictions last week, with PM Boris Johnson “taking the first careful steps to modify our measures”. Workers that couldn’t work from home were encouraged to return to work, avoiding public transport, where possible. The impact of what this means for employees and businesses alike is yet to be fully seen.

The second derivative is the rate of change of the rate of change. In this latest video episode from ‘The changing behaviour series’, Blis’ Head of Insights, Alex Wright looks at publically available data about new cases to see if we can look a little further down the track to when restrictions might be lifted.