Royal Recognition
April 28, 2019
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Rex London, Wrendale Designs and Boxclever Press (pictured) have been recognised by Her Majesty The Queen in the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, winning their accolades
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Finalists revealed in debut Retailer Stationery Awards
April 25, 2019
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The new retailer Stationery Awards being organised by the London Stationery Show recognise and benchmark good practice and innovation in the retail stationery sector. In
Retail sales get a spring in their step
April 25, 2019
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Retail sales grew for the first time since November 2018 in the year to April, according to the latest monthly CBI Distributive Trades Survey. The
Retail Reflections: A dagger through the heart of every worker on the frontline
April 4, 2019
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Alan Monahan writes: Knife crime in Britain is now so commonplace that when I heard a retailer had been stabbed to death while opening his
Retail news round-up: Consumer trends and taking control; online payment scams
April 4, 2019
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Identifying its 10 global consumer trends for 2019, Euromonitor International says that many of them are about ‘taking control and asserting ourselves’. It concludes that
Garden retail defies gloomy high street outlook
April 4, 2019
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While Britain’s High Streets are facing economic headwinds that have seen big name retailers consigned to history, garden centres are bucking the trend and experiencing
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