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Microsoft’s flagship store to open on 11 July

International technology and software company Microsoft is set to open its first physical retail store in Oxford Circus, London on…

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Monsoon founder to inject £34m into business to avoid collapse

The founder of women’s clothing and accessories chain Monsoon has pledged to provide up to £34m in funding for the…

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Achieving sustainable growth through digital in an unstable time

How much do you use your smartphone? I recently tracked my own personal usage and found that I use my…

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Is retail cashing out on PoS?

Last month saw Sainsbury launch the UK’s first till-free store, with its Holborn Circus store in London undergoing a complete…

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Co-op and Superdrug agree meal deal partnership

The Co-op has struck a “meal deal” with Superdrug which will see it supply the health and beauty chain with…

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Waitrose & Partners plans to ‘treble’ size of online operations

Waitrose and Partners has announced plans to treble the size of its online grocery operation to a £1bn business over…

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The state of the UK high street in 2019

We may only be in the first half of the 2019 but there has already been a continuation of 2018’s…

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Shop vacancy rate rises to highest level in four years

The national town centre vacancy rate rose to 10.2% empty outlets, according to data from the BRC-Springboard Footfall and Vacancies…

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Increase in redeveloped units set to ‘reimagine’ retail

The number of units that were structurally changed or redeveloped (demolished, merged, split or converted for another use such as…

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Sainsbury’s launches UK’s first till-free grocery store

Sainsbury’s has launched the UK’s first till-free grocery store at Holborn Circus. The store has been refurbished to remove the…

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