March delivered a sharp shock to UK retail destinations with a decline in footfall from February, according to retail analyst, Springboard. This was the first month on month decline in footfall in March since MRI Springboard started publishing its data in January 2009, except for March in 2018 when the Beast from the East hit
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Autumn Fair, which will next from from 3rd – 6th September 2023, will see a ground-breaking new development in the form of Connect @ Autumn Fair, a transformational new approach to buying, designed to connect retailers and brands with targeted precision. Organised by Hyve Group plc, Autumn Fair has been bringing together brands and retailers
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Ivyline is set to unveil a series of new collections at Spring Fair 2023, where the specialist in luxurious home and garden accessories will have a stand in Hall 7 E70. Visitors can look forward to seeing the spectacular new Christmas 2023/4 collection revealed alongside new designs for Spring/Summer 2023 and a new lifestyle gardening
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The Centre for Retail Research has revealed the devastating extent of losses to Britain’s high streets and town centres in ‘The Crisis in Retailing: Closures and Job Losses’. Whilst the research organisation claims that retailing in the western world has been in crisis for more than a decade, a toxic combination of sky-high rents, business
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The most recent CPI inflation figures showed that headline inflation reached 10.7%, and food inflation at 16.4%, making the last quarter of 2022 a significant challenge for many UK households. Not only has the cost of food, gifts and clothing soared, but energy prices have also greatly increased. According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC),
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In the face of the cost-of-living crisis, last week offered a glimmer of optimism for retailers with a rise in footfall across UK retail destinations from the week before. This result is in line with pre Covid trends when footfall rose across UK retail destinations in the equivalent week in every year since 2013. The
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