Applications for the PaperAwards at Top Drawer Autumn/Winter 18 (A/W18) are now open. The PaperAwards celebrate and recognise design, creativity and innovation within the Greetings & Stationery industry. Now in its 5th edition, the PaperAwards shine a spotlight on entrants and have become an essential feature for Greetings & Stationery where the awards consistently attract
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UK retail sales suffered their biggest quarterly fall in a year as the ‘Beast from the East’ kept shoppers away from the high street. Sales volumes fell 1.2% in March, compared with February. Sales of clothing, petrol and food all suffered, according to the Office for National Statistics. Fifteen major UK retailers or restaurant groups
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Some of the UK’s biggest retailers have pledged their support for an action plan launched by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) called Better Retail, Better World. Those already signed up to the programme include John Lewis, Kingfisher, Sainsbury’s, M&S, Dixons Carphone, Next, Boots, Aldi, Co-op, House of Fraser, Fenwick, Ikea, Lidl, Morrisons, Ocado, WHSmith, Wilko,
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The retail industry has the unhappiest staff, according to an Expert Market/Vivatic survey. Some 13% of the 2,222 respondents said they had imagined killing their boss and 30% of those in the sector claimed to hate their job. At the end of April, Eric Smith – who has designed jewellery for the Queen and the
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When you visit a trade show, how long do you stay? According to market research firm FaceTime the average retailer is there for just five and a half hours. Its report for live-event companies also reveals that just over three-quarters of visitors to exhibitions make new purchasing decisions there or have existing ones reinforced. Travel
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Sainsbury’s supermarket has opened its first micro Habitat outlet at its flagship Nine Elms store in London, with further openings planned for St Albans, Reading, Epsom and Solihul by early 2017. The development follows Sainsbury’s £1.4bn acquisition of Habitat’s parent company Home Retail Group in September of this year. Sainsbury’s chief executive Mike Coupe,
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