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High Street
Retail salaries hit a five-month high but majority still feel underpaid
Average salaries for retail roles hit a five-month high in July, as pay increased by 1.1% month-on-month according to new…
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Advice
The end of the High Street as we know it? Part II
Like many other Retail Sector readers, I found Kareena Uttamchandaniโs post this week about the end of high street fascinating…
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Government
Businesses with over 50 employees asked to publish gender pay results
A report by the business, energy and industrial strategy committee has called on government to ask businesses publish gender pay…
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Economy
Shop prices in July reach lowest deflation in eight months
The non-food items category reached its lowest level of deflation since December 2017, at 1.4% in July, according to new…
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Electrical
Dixons Carphone data breach hits 10 million
Electronics retailer Dixons Carphone has issued an apology to its customers after data breaches in 2017 allowed unauthorised access to…
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Analysis
Reality Check: Would you pay by Instagram?
In the near future, direct payments will be possible via the image-sharing service Instagram. With this announcement the app, first…
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Online & Digital
Shop Direct appoints new retail director and shuffles executive board
Online retailer Shop Direct, which owns Very.co.uk and Littlewoods.com, has appointed Sam Perkins as its new retail director, who aims…
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Supermarkets
Stockpiling of food โnot a practical responseโ to a no-deal on Brexit
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has said the stockpiling of food is not a practical response to a no-deal on…
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High Street
Retail hours worked drops โsharplyโ in second quarter
The number of hours worked in the retail industry dropped by an average of 2.8% in the three months to…
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Advice
The data-value exchange: customer data in a post-GDPR world
With GDPR now law, the way brands justify, capture and retain their customer data has changed. The disastrous โend-of-the-worldโ scenario…
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