Black Friday

Black Friday: How online retailers can maximise sales this season

The Christmas sales have begun, and retailers are counting down the days to some of the biggest e-commerce days of…

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Digital commerce and ‘the Goldilocks effect’

This is the single greatest barrier to digital commerce success for businesses and retailers alike. Take Black Friday as an…

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‘Worst June on record’ for retail sales, says BRC

On a total basis, sales decreased by 1.3% in June, against an increase of 2.3% in June 2018, according to…

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Personalisation and its role in retail

In order to encourage footfall and, by extension sales, retail stores are having to work twice as hard to stand…

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Online retail sales see subdued growth in April

Online retail sales saw sales growth of just 5.2% year-on-year (YoY) in April, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini eRetail…

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Fragrance Shop gets a whiff of ASA criticism

The Fragrance Shop has seen two adverts offering 60% and 15% off the RRP of certain products banned, after the…

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Are retailers too focused on Christmas advertising?

Now we are almost a quarter of our way into 2019, it’s interesting to look back at retailers’ advertising techniques…

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Reduce waiting times and improve customer experience

It is no secret that competition among brick-and-mortar retailers is at an all-time high. Even after a relatively busy Christmas…

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Game reports Christmas sales growth amid ‘challenging trading climate’

Video game retailer Game has reported a 2% increase in life-for-like sales (LFL) for the seven week Christmas trading period…

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JD Sports ‘confident’ after strong Christmas sales growth

Sports fashion retailer JD Sports has reported a total sales growth of 15% for the 48-week period to 5 January…

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