Dobbies Planning Stock Market Return

Dobbies, the garden centre chain once owned by Tesco, is making tentative plans for a return to the stock market following a period of...

Boots Hails Strong Online Trading During Black Friday

Boots has revealed that its online store experienced bumper trade on Black Friday with six times the average number of orders per week. At its...

Uncertainty Continues To Impact Consumer Confidence

Somewhat unsurprisingly, consumer confidence remained subdued in November with people in ‘wait-and-see’ mode amid Brexit and general election uncertainty. GfK’s Consumer Confidence Index was unchanged...

Fortnum & Mason Defies Retail Gloom

Upmarket food and gift retailer Fortnum & Mason has reported another year of strong growth despite what it described as the “most challenging” domestic...

Record Shopper Involvement In Black Friday, But Challenging Christmas Expected For...

New research investigating UK household shoppers’ plans for Black Friday and Christmas 2019 has been launched by retail and shopper marketing agency, Savvy. The...

Poundstretcher Signs New Cloud Platform Agreement With Symphony RetailAI

Symphony RetailAI, a leading provider of AI-enabled retail solutions and customer-centric insights for retailers and CPG manufacturers, has announced a five-year Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) contract...

Shop Prices Fall Again As Food Inflation Eases And Retailers Step...

Overall shop prices fell for a sixth consecutive month in November as struggling retailers discounted products to kick-start festive spending and fresh food inflation...

Wilko Appoints First Head Of Design

Wilko has continued to strengthen its management team with the appointment of Alexei Cowan to the newly created role of Head of Design. She will...

Disappointing Week For Waitrose, Whilst Sales Plummet At John Lewis

Despite increased demand for Christmas products, total sales at Waitrose were down 1.3% year-on-year over the week to 23 November. The chain highlighted that festive...

Could Collaborative Retail Save Our High Streets?

The Collaborative Retail report from Gekko looks at how independent retailers can think more innovatively to avoid struggling on the high street. Read the full...

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