The Office for National Statistics recently reported that the number of goods sold in June increased by 13.9%, exceeding the expectations of 8% growth. The sales of non-food goods grew by a whopping 53.6% and food sales were 5.3% higher. An increasing number of shoppers are visiting stores in person as the proportion of online
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The events of the past six months have bombarded garden retail and its supply chain with challenges of a severity that we never expected to face during our lifetimes. While the garden trade has united and worked together like never before, regular communication between retailers and suppliers remains critical to overcoming the unprecedented hurdles that
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High Street giants, John Lewis and Boots, are to cut jobs and close stores as more fallout from the lockdown hits the retail sector. Boots has said 4,000 jobs will go, about 7 per cent of its workforce and John Lewis is shutting eight stores, putting 1,300 jobs at risk. Boots will make head office
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The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) has expressed disappointment that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s mini-Budget does not directly help retail business owners. Mr Sunak announced a raft of further measures to support the recovery of the economy following the coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday, July 8. Features of the Budget included a job retention bonus scheme; a
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Independents’ Day will take place on July 4 2020 as planned and in association with Maybe* social media service provider. The campaign is aimed at supporting and promoting independent retail businesses across the UK all year round, but with an annual focus on July 4th: ‘Independents’ Day’ itself. Independents account for something in the order
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Alan Wood, joint managing director of Trevor Mottram in Tunbridge Wells, is looking forward to reopening his cookshop business on June 15. He shares his lockdown story with Dawn Hopkins. Trevor Mottram is a well-established independent cookshop in the Kent spa town of Tunbridge Wells, that has been run by joint managing directors Alan and
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