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Forget Supreme. Meet Chunk Clothing, the ‘straight to consumer SME’
Online retail is no longer about a race to the bottom. Changing consumer habits suggest it’s smaller independent labels producing stand out products that are winning the day, says Chunk Clothing’s Martin Howard.
How offline retailers can borrow e-commerce tools to save the high street
By Rees Flynn
Who says that offline retailers can’t borrow and apply some tips from their e-commerce competitors” Let’s start with utilising wifi services and especially the data it holds. Analysing this data can tell you when more about consumer behaviour and preferences than you might think.
The last dinosaur in decline: ‘Mothercare’ stores face mass closures
A retail brand that once defined the ‘mother and baby’ industry, Mothercare, like a number of high-street stores, is facing mass closures just to stay afloat.
British consumers are buying their christmas gifts early
British consumers are buying their christmas gifts earlier each year, how can retailers maintain interest?
?Sort your Christmas storage now,” says Stowga CEO
By Staff writer
This CEO says that retailers must look for flexible warehouse solutions to compete with e-commerce companies ahead of the Christmas trading period.
Millennials challenge high street brands. Here’s what retailers can do about it
By Staff writer
Experiential retail may be the high street’s only hope, says NetDespatch’s Matthew Robertson.
Retailers should take business to their customers to ensure survival
As the retail industry takes another body blow with planned store closures at high street cornerstone Marks & Spencer, and after Homebase was flogged for a quid, there doesn’t seem much motivation to open a business with a shop front anymore.
Shoppers are set to spend £395m on Easter eggs this year
Britain’s sweet-toothed consumers are expected to spend £395m on Easter eggs and other confectionary in 2018, a 5.3 per cent increase from last year, recent data has found.
Easter weekend to usher in business boom for pubs, bars and restaurants
Restaurant, pub and bar owners can expect to do significantly more business than normal over Easter, as consumer spending is expected to increase 4.5 per cent over the bank holiday, compared with a regular weekend.