More and more, companies are working on ways to get their marketing initiatives off the page or screen and into the real world, to create opportunities for people to interact with their brand up close. Effective experiential marketing causes a
As retail moves away from transaction-focused retail to service-oriented in-store offerings, many retailers are implementing initiatives to improve their in-store customer experience.
Coffee-lovers will now be able to enjoy the handcrafted, signature taste of Costa Coffee in their own kitchens, as the nation’s favourite coffee shop, Costa Coffee, launches At Home range in Tesco stores nationwide.
The JET8 Foundation and UEFA Foundation for Children are proud to announce the launch of the new UEFA Foundation4Kids social commerce App.
Restaurant chain Giraffe has launched a new children’s menu, now offering two portions of veg as standard, with all kid’s meals – following guidance from Soil Association.
Carr’s Flour is delighted to announce it has received two prestigious two-star accreditations at the Great Taste Awards 2019. Both Carr’s Artisan Flour and Carr’s Maltster Flour achieved two stars, reflecting Carr’s’ continued reputation for excellent products. Winning 2 stars
Carte Noire has launched a new intense variant to further enrich its popular instant portfolio. Enticingly aromatic with its expert blend of arabica and robusta beans, Carte Noire Intense is a dark roast blend creating an even richer and intense
Generation Z (Gen Z) were born between 1995 and 2009, they are a cohort that is more populous and influential on consumer spending than any generation before them and they are coming over age and driving retail trends.
Scandinavian beauty (Scandi-beauty or S-beauty) – instantly recognisable by its minimalist packaging, sustainable credentials, sleek designs and clean ingredients – is the big beauty trend making headlines. From organic face-mists to genderless fragrance, sustainable makeup to beauty enhancing supplements, the
Northfork, the shop-by-recipe platform for grocery retailers, is targeting UK operators having completed a major roll-out in the USA.
Premium potted fruit brand, Nature’s Finest is thrilled to announce the extension of its ready to eat jelly pots into Iceland and Booths. The jelly pots, which launched in 2018, were a significant shift for the brand as it
Leading naturally gluten free flour and food brand FREEE has secured a supermarket listing for its gluten free baking mixes with Waitrose & Partners. The Seeded Bread Mix (500g, £3.50), White Bread Mix (500g, £3.00) and Pancake Mix (300g, £2.00)
Cumbrian-based garden centre Hayes Garden World has released a shocking report as part of their campaign to promote meat-free BBQing to its customers this ahead of the bank holiday weekend.
Sales of retro toys are set to soar this Bank Holiday weekend, according to Argos, where retail experts predict that kids will leave their smartphone and tablet screens behind and head outside for fun.
Ceridian, a global human capital management (HCM) company, is delighted to announce that Costa Coffee, the UK’s favourite high-street coffee retailer, has chosen Dayforce to manage their recruitment, HR and payroll processes as part of a wider people management
Following a month of improved sales in June, retailers failed to maintain the positive momentum in July, with online sales growth slowing to just +4.4% Year-on-Year (YoY) and falling by -5.7% Month-on-Month (MoM), according to the latest IMRG Capgemini eRetail
SharkNinja has launched a range of electrical cooking appliances and is supporting the category with its first major advertising push in the autumn.
Qualtrics, the leader in experience management, today announced that Urban Outfitters has selected Qualtrics CustomerXM™ to optimize the retailer's global customer experience program across its physical stores and digital channels. Urban Outfitters will centralize customer data collected from its
The sale of prestige foundation with added benefits (such as SPF) in the UK reported an increase of 114% in value sales in the period January 2019 to end of July 2019 according to The NPD Group. The sale
Bold and refreshing wine retailer Rude Wines has selected Brightpearl to support its mission of providing quality wines to its customers in the UK.
Leading organic speciality tea company English Tea Shop is announcing the roll out of a tea tasting quadrant aimed at creating the first of its kind multi-sensory experience for consumers globally.
Speciality coffee roaster 200 Degrees has opened a second coffee shop in central Birmingham, offering handcrafted coffee and delicious food to the bustling area surrounding Birmingham New Street station.
Sorbon Estates, the commercial arm of Buckinghamshire-based Shanly Group, has agreed a lease renewal with Phase Eight for its 2,044sq ft unit in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. The British awomenswear fashion retailer, part of The Foschini Group London, has signed up for
Despite well-publicised struggles for high street stores, the UK retail industry registered over £380 billion in sales in 2018, which represented a third of all consumer spending and 5% of the country’s total GDP. Regardless of the negative headlines, it’s
The Nation’s Favourite Coffee Shop, Costa Coffee, is shifting its focus towards the digital consumer and is leveraging the powerful hybrid integration and API capabilities of MuleSoft’s Anypoint PlatformTM to unlock data from across the organisation and build an application
Spanish food supplier, Brindisa has been awarded a total of 22 stars by this year’s panel of expert judges at the Great Taste Awards, with it’s 1605 Manchego Wedge and Cecinas Pablo Cecina Cured Beef receiving the highly sought-after 3-star
The latest grocery market share figures, published today from Kantar, show year-on-year supermarket sales were flat during the 12 weeks to 11 August 2019 as the tough comparisons with 2018’s strong summer continue. Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight
