The managing director of Spring & Autumn Fair, Louise Young, shares her insights into the changing consumer landscape and how to best meet the challenges of adaption faced by our industry. We are in a period of great flux, politically and economically, with an accelerated pace of change. What do you see as the main
Expert insight: Louise Young reflects on the home and gift economy Read More »
Diversification has never been more important in today’s garden retail environment. With the UK weather remaining unpredictable garden centres have had to find a way to generate revenue outside of peak season. There are approximately 2,300 garden centres in the UK with industry sales worth some £5billion a year (HTA 2016). With garden retailing changing
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On Thursday June 21 the greetings and gift industry will come together for a very special charity fundraising event in aid of the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MND Association). The Sheffield-based buying group, Cardgains, is organising the event, which is to take the form of a 27.5 mile sponsored walk from Dungeon Ghyll to Ulverston
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Iconic 169-year-old British department store chain, House of Fraser, is to undergo a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in June 2018 as it seeks to restructure its expensive portfolio. The retailer operates from 59 outlets in the UK, around 20 of which are thought to be performing well. It currently employs 6,500 staff, with a further
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Widdop and Co. continues to strengthen its independent sales team as it welcomes a new Territory Manager to the East Midlands region. Claire Slaven takes on this role after a varied and rich career spent in both sales and design roles. Within the gift industry her many years of experience of selling product categories right
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Shop prices continued to fall in April, representing the deepest period of deflation since February last year, according to the BRC and Nielsen. There have now been five years of shop price deflation. Overall, there was a 1% decline last month, although non-food prices fell 2.2% compared to March when they were down by 1.9%.
Retail news round-up: Deflation; people who lie on their CVs; multiple difficulties Read More »
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