The Glee seminar programme was once again a great treat for visitors, with exceptional business insights and trend forecasts helping to guide buyers in their vital merchandising decisions during the most important industry showcase. On Tuesday 28th June, Alan O’Neill, MD of Kara Change Management, told a packed audience how they could sustain and manage
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Selfridges has opened its first garden centres in the London, Manchester and Birmingham branches of the department store, in a bid to take a share of the booming market for all things garden related, which accelerated during lockdowns. Selfridges said it is: “Retailing plants, compost and garden gnomes alongside special and unexpected Selfridges products with
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Hot on the heels of FAO Schwarz’s successful return to retail in New York City in 2018, the brand is announcing the opening of its first ever European flagship store located within Selfridges’ famous Oxford Street location in London. The FAO Schwarz store at Selfridges’ will occupy over 20,000 square feet of space and feature
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Alan Monahan writes: Okay, although some of the big beasts have yet to declare their figures, that’s Christmas done and dusted for most of you. I just hope that your festive sales were healthier than many of those that have been reported. But although there was little to cheer, retailers with something different to offer
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Alan Monahan writes: You’ll know that these days it’s not enough just to go shopping. You are also invited to enjoy the ‘experience’. Open a newspaper or magazine and THAT word jumps out of the page as stores and trade shows demonstrate how they are reinventing themselves in the wake of dwindling customer numbers and
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More than 82% of UK consumers would rather shop in a bricks and mortar store than buy online because products can be viewed before committing to a purchase, according to e-commerce agency PushON. However, its survey of 1,000 shoppers revealed that 52% of those believe that retailers need to offer a more seamless experience between
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