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Retail Reflections: More shoppers visit high street over Easter

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Alan Monahan writes: I’m pleased to report that the Easter bank holiday lived up to expectations as the most anticipated weekend for retail after Christmas. However, it does seem that worsening consumer confidence and inflation has led to more conservative spending on retail goods, with shoppers preferring ‘experiences’. Retail intelligence experts Springboard recorded an increase

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Rufus Rabbit launches nationwide Easter bunny hunt!

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It’s a bunny’s busiest time of year again! Bunny HQ is running its biggest ever Easter campaign, as Rufus Rabbit leaves 200 bunnies in various parks around the UK to be found and loved. Rufus thinks it’s time to add a little ‘happy’ back into the world this Easter. From the 14th – 17th

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Retail Reflections: Mother’s Day grows; Easter ‘crunch time’

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Alan Monahan writes: I wonder how many of our retailers have enjoyed strong Mother’s Day sales. I was interested to see that despite the growing scale of the opportunity more than half of shoppers surveyed by marketing firm Savvy said that Mother’s Day products in shops were “boring and lacked inspiration”. Retail expenditure is

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Super avocados, the resurrection of Easter and rise of virtual reality

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In part one of our feature on the John Lewis 2016 retail report we saw that gin sales spiked around the time of the EU referendum, but tipple aside, “the nation did not falter in its ongoing quest to live and eat well” says the bellwether supermarket retailer. “2016 was the year of the

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Frank Ross Daffodil brooches support Combat Stress and SAFFA

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Fashion jewellery supplier Frank Ross is launching a beautiful new range of Daffodil jewellery at Spring Fair in support of Marie Curie, following on from the success of their poppies launched in Autumn 2015, which has raised over £30,000 for Combat Stress and SAFFA. Currently there are four daffodil designs including two brooches and

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