Total like-for-like in-store sales were down by -10.1% in March from a flat base last year, according to BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker. BDO said that the second worst month on record was primarily due to the severe winter weather. Footfall dropped by -3.3% over the four-day Easter weekend from Easter last year, but Springboard
An investigation by Which? has revealed that almost 50 major online retailers were misinforming or failing to provide clear information to shoppers about returns rights on their websites. The consumer champion says that as a result of its investigation 10 retailers, including Lakeland and M&S, have since updated their information to clarify the unwanted and
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Alan Monahan writes: If you run a small independent gift shop I’m sure you’ll have some customers who envy what you do. They figure that if you pass the time of day with nice people, selling them pretty things, it’s not a bad way to earn a living. They don’t know the half of it,
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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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Alan Monahan writes: Retailers are among those who have reported that they are struggling to meet their growing payroll obligations. The average Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) employers will pay an extra £2,600 this year as a direct result of the combined impact of this week’s increase in the National Living Wage (NLW), consequential National
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The British Retail Consortium (BRC) Google Online Retail Monitor for Q4 2016 showed that the volume of overseas customers searching for UK retailers grew 23% across all devices in the last three months of 2016, compared with the same quarter a year ago. In the UK, search volumes on mobile devices increased 16% in
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