retail

Twitter recruits man named John Lewis for #NotARetailStore advert

Twitter has launched a Christmas advert featuring a man named John Lewis who is often mistaken for the retailer. Lewis…

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Digital taxation, and what it means for small retailers

The chancellor’s Budget announcements will have certainly set a few pulses racing in the independent retail sector, for several reasons.…

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Retail sales slow in October after summer of strong growth

The quantity of items bought in retail sales in October fell by 0.5% when compared with September 2018, according to…

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British Land records £42m net loss as retail market ‘remains challenging’

British Land has reported a net loss of £42m in the first half of the year, attributed to the “challenging”…

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Forecasts predict £99bn retail sales increase during ‘golden quarter’

Total UK retail sales in Q4 are expected to rise by 2% to £98.8bn for the three months to the…

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How high street retailers can make it as ‘bricks and clicks’ companies

Next year Amazon is set to celebrate its 25th birthday, although much of the high street won’t be joining the…

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Half of British small retailers ‘love’ their job

Half of small UK retailers said that they “love” their job according to new research, the highest out of nine…

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Gap between retail closures and openings continue to widen, says PwC

A combination of growth in online shopping, shift to in-home leisure, heightened restructuring activity and ongoing digitisation of services has…

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Preparing retail for what’s to come right up to and beyond Brexit

Next, one of the biggest British retail names, recently reported ‘better-than-expected’ quarterly results but raised a red flag on Brexit-related…

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Digital-first retailers cannot overlook payments

Despite the retail industry being worth £366bn to the UK in 2017, the traditional high street has struggled this year.…

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