Bira has welcomed a new £50m boost to help local authorities prepare high streets for reopening. High Streets Minister Simon Clarke announced the fund for councils to help their local high streets get safely back to business earlier this week. The Reopening High Streets Safely Fund will help local authorities in England introduce a range
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UK retailers hit hard by the shutdown are preparing for ‘the biggest summer of discounting in years as they scramble to sell excess stock. Online retailers have begun kickstarting demand by offering 43% more clothing discounts than this time last year, an increase of 13% week-on-week. Stuart McClure, co-founder of LovetheSales.com said on the increase
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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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Artwork by BCTF exhibitor, Not at all Jack The Independent Retailers Confederation (IRC), a group of trade organisations representing different independent retail sectors across the UK, has launched ‘We are open’, an online map and directory of independent shops that are still open and operating responsibly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the Government’s guidance some
The premiere home and gift retail trade event taking place in the Benelux region, showUP, has been rescheduled for September 27-28 2020 and will take place at the Brabanthallen exhibition hall in the city of Den Bosch in the South of Holland. Event organiser, Daan van Trigt, comments: “After consultation with the venue and local
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While the negative economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the housewares sector remains unchanged (forecast growth in expenditure for 2020 has dropped to minus 14.4% – from £13.6 bn to £11.7 bn compared to 2019), the British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA)’s latest weekly Covid-19 financial update shows some glimmers of hope for the
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