Alan Monahan writes: And so to Harrogate. Next week I will be happily heading to the Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival in the spa town as I have done for the past 23 years. Driving to North Yorkshire, my spirits will be lifted as I re-enter the time warp that is Harrogate in the knowledge
Retail sales grew at their fastest pace since September 2017 in the year to June, according to the CBI’s latest Distributive Trades Survey. It also revealed that sales volumes were well above average for the time of year. Additionally, the survey reported a jump in growth in the volume of orders placed on suppliers. The
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Almost half (44%) of British consumers interviewed by YouGov said that the way independent retailers make them feel valued made it more likely they would shop with them. However, just 22% of those polled said they currently visit an independent retailer in the first place, with 44% of those polled stating that, compared to the
Alan Monahan writes: Since Marks & Spencer announced that it was closing 100 stores over the next four years, the world and his wife seem to have had their say on how the high street can be saved. Well-meaning people are coming out of the woodwork to vow their allegiance to physical stores. Lucy Mangan,
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A few weeks after iconic British department store, House of Fraser, announced plans to restructure and renegotiate rents, Marks & Spencer has announced its intention to close over 100 outlets by 2022 as part of a ‘radical transformation plan’ that will see fewer but better stores. The figure includes 21 M&S branches which have already
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Dr Tim Denison, director of retail intelligence at Ipsos Retail Performance, believes that retailers are in ‘a tricky place and have little choice but to continue to discount’, reflected in the -0.3% fall in non-food prices in April over March. British Retail Consortium chief executive Helen Dickinson says that ‘seeing online and stores as two
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