At this year’s Tendence there will be two areas dedicated to up-and-coming talents, where a select few designers and craftspeople will introduce themselves and their ideas and where they will showcase their individual one-off items, prototypes and short-production runs. 43 designers, craftsmen and women will demonstrate their artisan skill at the show, taking place
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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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Alan Monahan writes: I suspect that to nobody’s great surprise businesses remain totally let down by CCA, the new Business Rates Appeals System. I’ve touched on this before, but now rating experts at Colliers International, the commercial property people, have solid evidence that it is clearly not working and is causing distress to retailers In
Retail Reflections: Businesses don’t rate appeals’ system; we’re closed – it’s raining! Read More »
The managing director of Spring & Autumn Fair, Louise Young, shares her insights into the changing consumer landscape and how to best meet the challenges of adaption faced by our industry. We are in a period of great flux, politically and economically, with an accelerated pace of change. What do you see as the main
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Diversification has never been more important in today’s garden retail environment. With the UK weather remaining unpredictable garden centres have had to find a way to generate revenue outside of peak season. There are approximately 2,300 garden centres in the UK with industry sales worth some £5billion a year (HTA 2016). With garden retailing changing
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