The latest ONS retail sales statistics, released today, show August sales up 2.4% and department stores’ online sales growth of 24.5%. The E-commerce delivery expert ParcelHero says this shows some High Street favourites are finally getting their act together online. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) retail sales statistics for August show Britain’s consumers
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Paperworld has pinpointed three trends for 2018/19 which focus on modern workplaces and office lifestyles. ‘Minimal + Excellent’, ‘Spirit + Ambition’ and ‘Work + Challenge’ provide ideas for product development and merchandising. Paperworld combines, under the one roof, the two major areas of product demand: on the one hand, commercial office requisites (The visionary office)
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Following its recent acquisition of Is It Art and a full review of all business functions, Carte Blanche today announces the closure of the Is It Art office in Warwick in a plan which brings all administrative and customer service functions under one roof. From 30th September, all operational functions will be managed by
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One of our very favourite stands at Top Drawer was new company and Spotted exhibitor, Lucy Coggle, who we predict will become a prominent rising star in the world of Gift and Home. Combining a love of handmade images with a bespoke digital twist,award-winning Royal Academy of Art graduate Lucy Coggle founded her company just
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Contributor Denre Bruins, writes: About half a year ago someone told me about this great contemporary gift and homeware exhibition that I should visit, Amsterdam-based event, showUP. Unfortunately, as so often happens, important exhibitions and events overlap and showUP is on at the same time as Autumn Fair. Keen to see this undiscovered exhibition, I
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A new Salmon Insights white paper addresses ‘The dominance and threat of Amazon’ and ‘why brands need to start fighting back fast’. It says that with nearly 40% of online UK spend going through Amazon, and clear signals of the retail giant’s intent to own the interfaces that connect sectors to their customers, savvy businesses
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