Find out which retailers are innovating in the on and offline retail space and what they are doing to keep ahead of the curve in this dynamic and highly competitive sector. Read the financials and analysis of the large multiples, the smaller chains to independent retailers, wholesalers and suppliers
Spar retailers can maximise the potential of their businesses by taking a fresh look at their stores and all of the exciting new and existing initiatives offered by Blakemore Trade Partners. That was the key message from this year’s Blakemore
Unibail-Rodamco, Europe’s largest listed commercial property company, and Socri have announced that iconic British fashion brand Reiss has chosen their 70,000sq m (750,000sq ft) lifestyle centre Polygone Riviera to open its first ever stand-alone store in France. The 353sq m (3,800sq ft) Reiss store will command a prominent corner position at Polygone Riviera,
High street jeweller Goldsmiths has unveiled the results of a recent investment in its Newcastle city centre store following a re-fit within its Eldon Square showroom. The refurbishment includes the impressive addition of a brand new OMEGA ‘shop-in-shop’ and the
Facebook is testing new features on its business pages which are designed to improve the shopping experience and make it easier for shoppers to find new products from mobile devices. Here the company explains the changes and the thinking behind
EAT 17’s Spar Hackney has won the prestigious national IGD Innovative Store of the Year Award. The IGD Awards recognise the achievements of retailers across the UK’s food and grocery industry, with winners being selected by some of the sector’s top
Papa John’s, the third largest pizza delivery company in the world, is working with digital marketing company, Rakuten Marketing to drive digital sales through location targeting and raise awareness of a York store opening – its first in Yorkshire. Papa John’s is
E-commerce logistics specialist ITinSell has launched its UK operations in London. The French company was established in 2008 and has expanded quickly across Europe with offices in Paris, Lille, Lyon and Barcelona. ITinSell has more than 1,500 customers including Toys R Us,
The largest collection of games room showrooms in Europe have opened just north of Bristol, which sees 7,500sq ft of floor space display a huge range of specialist games room equipment, including pool tables, table tennis tables and table football.
With some retailers facing PRS (Performing Rights Society) and PPL (Public Performance Limited) fees of up to £400,000 a year for playing licensed music in their stores, one of the UK’s biggest value retailer’s Poundworld today predicts a cost saving
Alex and Kitty Shepherd, the sisters behind Startisans, the artisan food market that supports budding start-up food businesses wanting to trade in London, are celebrating having been shortlisted for four awards at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2015. Since 2005, they
Leading discount retailer, The Original Factory Shop (TOFS), has launched WorthIt!, an exclusive range of great value everyday essentials that resurrect the best of an old high street favourite. The WorthIt! range revives the much loved Woolworths concept of providing
Spar UK claims it is set to become a digital leader in the convenience sector, with the launch of a new digital strategy that is even more adaptive to today’s consumers. Following an extensive phase of customer research and data
Sovereign Centros, the UK retail and leisure developer and asset manager, has secured leasing agreements with popular national restaurant chains, TGI Friday’s, Prezzo and Handmade Burger Company, at its 26,500sq ft Southern Quarter development at Telford Shopping Centre, Shropshire. TGI Friday’s, the
A charity event organised by high street retailer Holland & Barrett has raised an impressive £181,000 for good causes. The company, based in Nuneaton’s Eliot Park, hosted its annual golf day and gala dinner earlier this year which was supported
Liverpool-based discount department store TJ Hughes is set to become the home of savvy shopping with a new TV ad campaign. Debuting last week, TJ’s Savvy campaign is the retailer’s first TV ad release in eight years – with a new strategic positioning that put “savvy
Tokheim, one of the world’s largest providers of fuel retailing solutions, is returning to Retail’s Best for the third time running this November, this time as the official EPOS partner. Tokheim will be using this year’s Retail’s Best event as the platform to share
High street giant Boots is the highest-ranking retailer in RateMyApprenticeship.co.uk’s annual table of the Top 60 Employers for apprenticeships and school leaver programmes. Based on ratings and voted for by the people that matter the most – the young people already employed on
To reach consumers at the moment that most influences their buying decision is the primary objective of marketers and this is exactly what the drinks retail industry in South Africa is doing most effectively. It has adapted its marketing and
Retailers and businesses will be much busier than normal over the Christmas period and often employ temporary staff, so there is an increased risk of counterfeit banknotes being passed. To help protect your business, the Bank of England is encouraging
Marking another milestone in the award winning independent living store’s expansion, Betterlife, part of the LloydsPharmacy group, opened a new store this week. The new Betterlife store in Castle Vale, Birmingham opened its doors on Monday 5th October at a launch
Retailers across the UK are being urged to transform their futures to make 2016 their best year yet, and must start by getting up-to-date with social and technology changes, in order to remain successful. That’s the rallying cry from international
Shopping Centre ‘Freeport Fleetwood’ has boosted its thriving homeware portfolio with luxury linen brand, Christy, positioning the Centre as a homes mecca for savvy, house proud shoppers. British brand Christy has been providing luxury home linens since 1850 and, in addition
Shoppers across the North can now mark the 5p bag tax which the government launched on 5 October in style. Northern retailer Booths has responded to the new legislation, which is designed to reduce litter and encourage sustainable bag use, by
Urban Decay, a fast-growing colour cosmetics brand with the tagline “Beauty with an Edge,” plans to launch a new content-driven website later this autumn using e-Spirit ‘s FirstSpirit content management system. The new “UD All Access” site will complement Urban Decay’s
Cotswold Outdoor is launching multi-channel support for the National Trust’s Great British Walk campaign 2015, which is an opportunity to discover the stunning UK countryside, with guided and self-guided events across the UK. As the charity’s recommended outdoor retailer, Cotswold
