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Retail Reflections: Can small retailers fill the void left by big chain stores?

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Alan Monahan writes: Fed up with reading downbeat pre and post-holiday stories about footfall and predicted sales, I turned in desperation to Amazon Echo, my new Christmas toy, to find out if the future looked brighter for retailers. Surely the all-knowing Alexa would be able to tell me if shop owners could expect economic salvation

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Retail Reflections: don’t despair of the data, you can still put money in the till

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Alan Monahan writes: I do hope that your Christmas sales have defied the grim predictions of the doomsayers. For what is supposed to be the most joyful time of the year, recent data has been less than upbeat In my last column I said that the jury was out regarding Black Friday. Well, Visa UK

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Retail news round-up: click ‘n’ collect Christmas, festive fakes, and the top places to work

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Almost half (42%) of European consumers have used a click ‘n’ collect service in the past 12 months, according to the JDA/Centiro Customer Pulse Report Europe 2017. And, in recent years, the service’s popularity has directly influenced Christmas shopping patterns, as consumers increasingly rely on the convenience and value it provides. The Border Force, which

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Retail news round-up: pre-Halloween launch of Christmas window

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Selfridges claims that the pre-Halloween launch of its Christmas window in London’s Oxford Street is a first for any department store worldwide. Some 1,000 metres of red velvet have been used for its ‘With Love From’ theme. Inflation has been blamed for a fall in UK retail sales in September. The Office for National Statistics

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Research reveals shoppers are splashing out on big baubles

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Research from i2i Events Group shows that UK shoppers are splashing more cash on Christmas decorations this year as rising consumer confidence drives demand for bolder displays.   New research reveals austerity-weary Britons will spend an average £26.09 on baubles and lighting this year, with a return of outdoor decorations, and bigger artificial Christmas trees.

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