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UK furniture and floorcoverings market set to outperform non-food retail through 2029

The UK furniture & floorcoverings market is set to outperform the total non-food market through 2029 as economic conditions improve and consumers feel more confident about making big-ticket purchases again. This momentum is already underway in 2025, with the market forecast to grow 2.2% and it will maintain this growth out to 2029, according to […]

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Global retail deals grow 39.3 per cent as firms restructure

The number of deals announced in the global retail sector increased by 39.3% during the week ended May 17, 2020, compared to the previous week, according to research analyst GlobalData’s deals database. Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Deal activity in the retail sector has remained inconsistent due to volatile market conditions surrounding the

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Retail news round-up: £1.5bn freed up for retail survivors; rates appeals and gloomy bosses

Research analyst, GlobalData, has found that £1.5bn has been freed up for retail survivors in 2018, as the UK non-food retail sector becomes reliant on the demise of weaker operators to maintain growth for the survivors. The company estimates at least £1.5bn will be released by failing retail businesses in 2018 with just three of

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Retail Reflections: Fings ain’t what they used to be, but I’m still a sucker for trade shows

Alan Monahan writes: Were you at Spring Fair? I’ve visited since 1997 and this year it was one of my more enjoyable experiences. Old-timers complain that ‘trade shows aren’t what they used to be’. They’re not – and neither is the gift industry. The online world and fewer shops have seen to that. But at

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