London

TfL holds competition for £100k retail space for a year

Transport for London (TfL) has launched a new innovation competition, which challenges businesses to come up with an “innovative and…

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Mike Ashley makes £51.9m offer for Game after increasing stake

Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct has made a £51.9m offer for the gaming retailer Game Digital after it increasing its stake…

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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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Network Rail sees retail sales growth of 4.36% in 2018/19

Network Rail saw its retail sales grow 4.36% and like-for-like sales increase by 1.32% in the 2018/19 financial year –…

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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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