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Assessing the Impact of a Summer of Strikes

The Summer of 2022 has been punctuated by the escalating cost-of-living crisis which led to a variety of appeals for higher pay. Commuters suffered from the disruption of nine days of national train strikes between June and August. These strikes followed a pandemic that transformed how commuters use public transport, with many now preferring the...

30 September 2022

Tyson Fury Wins at Wembley Stadium…And Not Just in the Ring

Wembley Stadium is one of the UK’s most iconic venues hosting some of the world’s highest profile sporting and musical events. So, we were curious to know whether all events and all audiences are equal when it comes to splashing the cash locally on event days. By using a combination of Fable’s extensive consumer spend...

01 September 2022

Is Food Delivery still cooking or are taste buds changing?

The rise in the use of Food Delivery apps has been well documented with the pandemic serving up a hearty main course for many of the industry’s participants. However, as we have emerged from the depths of lockdowns delivering consistent tailwinds for growth in 2020 and 2021, we ask the questions – how has this...

25 August 2022

Where do we go from here for BNPL?

Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) is the latest reincarnation of consumer borrowing and has quickly dominated the conscience of the consumer, the media, concerned regulators and incumbent mobile/electronic payment platforms and wallets. Here, I briefly trace the origins of consumer debt for context and then bring the narrative forward to a current review of the...

11 August 2022

Deutsche Bundesbank includes Fable Data in their Weekly Activity Index

Fable Data announces that the Bundesbank has included our real-time anonymized transaction data in their Weekly Activity Index. For more details about their Wöchentlicher Aktivitätsindex, click here. Fable Data was the first to bring this powerful form of data to the European market, and is delighted to be able to support the work of the...

14 May 2022