Research by commercial insurer, NFU Mutual has found that almost half (46%) of consumers plan to do their Christmas shopping using a mixture of online and in-store shopping. The insight into this year’s festive shopping habits shows that almost half (46%) of consumers have planned to use a mixture of browsing and buying both
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Following a business campaign led by the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced in his Budget of November 22 2017 that the move from RPI to CPI indexation will be brought forward by two years to April 2018. The new measures could help British businesses save £2.3bn over the next five
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Single’s Day, the Alibaba-organised sales promo extravaganza taking place annually on November 11, racked up $25.3 billion in gross merchandise volumes, exceeding last year’s sales figures by 39%. The event has successfully made retail into a form of entertainment – “retail-tainment” and the countdown to the start was given some serious bling with celebrities
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Returning to The Greetings & Gift sector at next year’s Spring Fair, the popular ‘Debut Area’, dedicated to artisan publishers new to the show, is just one of the many reasons to visit. Hosting the one of the world’s largest presentations of greetings and gifts by suppliers from the UK and overseas, Spring Fair –
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Alan Monahan writes: Hard on the heels of Halloween comes another American import. Yes, Black Friday beckons. But, as a retailer, will you follow? According to Justin Opie, managing director at IMRG, this sales opportunity has, over the past few years, consistently demonstrated a remarkable capacity for shifting in terms of size and scale.
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Mary Portas’ “Save the High Street” campaign might just have had the opposite effect as participating towns lost almost 1,000 shops in five years. 12 towns around the country were given a share of the £1.2 million grant as part of a Government-backed scheme headed up by the high profile retail guru, who was charged
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