retail

Retail leads the way with female leadership appointments

The retail sector appointed the highest number of women to senior positions in 2018, according to the latest research from…

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Predictions on tech for consumer retail arising from CES

Although I was hoping for announcements from CES on how 5G will change our lives and the impact AR is…

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The influence of lighting in retail settings

As online shopping continues to dominate the retail sector, bricks-and-mortar shops are having to up the ante to bring in…

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Online retail tax could be unlawful under EU rules, Treasury warns

The government has said taxing online giants, like Amazon, through a sales tax could be illegal under EU rules. Under…

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Why retailers no longer need to get hung up in their fight against waste

The war on single use plastics has stepped up a gear. Since the shocking images from the BBC’s Blue Planet…

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Three common factors among retail survivors

It is hard to remember a time when analysts were not being harbingers of doom for the British high street.…

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Around 70,000 retail jobs lost in Q4, report finds

The total number of employees working in retail was down 2.2%, equivalent to around 70,000 jobs, on Q4 2017 an…

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Retail spending bounces back in December despite ‘tough’ festive period

Retail spending bounced back in the UK in December 2018 after a tough November as GlobalData’s total retail index rose…

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December online retail sales growth hits ‘all-time low’

UK online retail sales growth hit an “all-time low” of just +3.6% year-on-year (YoY) in December 2018 after a tough…

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How retailers can maximise profits and survive in 2019

It is no secret that the past year has been a challenging time for UK retail. Declining profits, closing shops…

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