Alan Monahan writes: I wonder how many of our retailers have enjoyed strong Mother’s Day sales. I was interested to see that despite the growing scale of the opportunity more than half of shoppers surveyed by marketing firm Savvy said that Mother’s Day products in shops were “boring and lacked inspiration”. Retail expenditure is
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Alan Monahan writes: As bricks-and-mortar retailers seek to turn their physical stores into an asset instead of a liability to compete against online retailers, they will need to make sure they are heeding the demands of today’s increasingly mobile phone dependent consumers, according to eMarketer. It reports that while studies have showed in-store shopping remains
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New integrated ‘Impulses by Tendence’ area for the European retail trade sets new benchmark in the trade-fair business A huge variety of new products for furnishing, living and giving will be on show at Tendence, which will take place on June 24 – 27 2017, having been moved forward from its former date at the
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Alan Monahan writes: In my last column I called for fundamental reform of the business rates system. But I wasn’t at all surprised that the Chancellor of the Exchequer didn’t promise a major overhaul in his Budget on Wednesday, March 8th. Indeed, Philip Hammond fell well short when it came to addressing the concerns of
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Alan Monahan writes: While UK online retail sales rose a respectable 12% year-on-year in January, the gifts sector was at an eight-year high – up a staggering 62% YoY, according to IMRG and Capgemini. The average basket value (ABV) for online retailers was recorded as £85 in January – up from £79 a year earlier
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Alan Monahan writes: I wonder if you’ve totted up your Valentine’s Day sales figures. I do hope that they made nonsense of a recent poll of more than 2,000 adults in the UK by Opinium Research for PricewaterhouseCoopers. It suggested that Valentine’s has limited appeal in Britain. Just over a half of respondents didn’t
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