retail

Retail sales bounce back in February

Retail sales have bounced back slightly February 2019, as the quantity bought increased by 0.4% during the month. In the…

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Crime cost retailers £1.9bn last year

The British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) annual Retail Crime Survey has revealed the total cost of crime and crime prevention for…

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Retailers left waiting for rates discounts as deadline approaches

Businesses in England were promised millions of pounds in support by the chancellor last October but, less than two weeks…

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Retail should embrace serial returners – not ban them

How do you solve a rising rate of returns? It’s a question which has been asked with more frequently over…

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How retailers can keep up with the pace of change

Has the future of retail ever looked so bleak? From crumbling giants like HMV and Hammerson to headline-grabbing losses at…

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The future of advertising creativity in retail

One of the questions that I get asked time and again is: What is the future for advertising creativity in…

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Mild February fails to significantly boost UK retail spending

The total retail spend index in February rose only 3.4 percentage points (ppts) versus a poor performance in January, according…

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£2.4m Moran’s Retail overhaul to create 30 jobs

Northern Irish grocery store chain, Moray’s Retail has announced it is to overhaul three stores creating 30 new jobs. The…

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Reimagining the retail bridge between online and offline shopping

The rise of retail giants like Amazon is a widely documented trend with many digital, built-in-the-cloud market entrants having overtaken…

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Women in retail – advice from a female store manager

When it comes to the boardroom, retail may still be a male-dominated world, but there have been a lot of…

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