Tents, air fryers, trampolines and Crocs were among the products that defined the last 12 months, according to this year’s Shop, Live, Look report by John Lewis. The report, which looks back at the products and trends that shaped the year, found that UK consumers adapted to lockdown by redesigning their living spaces to make
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Those with an interest in the retail trade will have been pleased to see so-called non-essential shops finally opening after an extended period of lockdown which saw them having to remain closed during the key trading seasons of Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Easter. Whilst there is much about a bustling high street to
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The Daily Mirror is bringing back its Shop For Britain campaign in an effort to rally shoppers by supporting local independent retailers once lockdown has been lifted. The newspaper is planning to run the campaign ahead of the reopening of so-called ‘non-essential’ retail in England on April 12, 2021. The first Shop For Britain, which
As our nation of shopkeepers gets ready to unlock after long months of closure over Christmas and key spring season occasions, campaign group, Save the Street, is calling for the retail equivalent of Eat Out to Help Out to boost independents. Backed by retail guru, Mary Portas and beauty entrepreneur, Charlotte Tilbury, Shop Out to
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As if we needed more evidence that there’s been a stratospheric rise in online shopping and therefore postal deliveries, retailers large and small are now facing an unprecedented shortage of packaging cardboard. With consumers ordering everything from bread makers to bicycles, clothes to ceramics and anything else you can think of via the Internet, the
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Dedicated to protecting the planet for future generations, a British-based start-up has launched to offer stylish yet sustainable jewellery to fast fashion-conscious consumers. Influenstar offers a range of hand-finished jewellery, all made from recycled 925 silver and a gold-plated finish. Founded by Ruth Morris, the ecommerce store stocks a range of earrings, necklaces, pendants, bracelets
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