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
Trinity Leeds shopping centre has today been named one of the UK’s coolest brands as part of the 2014/15 CoolBrands list. The influential annual list sees Trinity Leeds celebrated alongside long-established brands such as Apple, Glastonbury and Prada. The recognition acknowledges
With the academic year now in full swing, French e-commerce retailer, Cdiscount, said it is doing its part to meet the specific supply needs of university students and young professionals, providing them with a varied, expanded offering of products tailored
Independent Spar retailers can thrive by focusing upon their point of difference in the marketplace and the unique position that they are in to win the ‘mission battle’. That was the key message from this year’s Blakemore Trade Partners Spar
Tesco has warned pre-tax profits for the last six months have been overstated by £250m. Tesco said the overstatement was “principally due to the accelerated recognition of commercial income and delayed accrual of costs”. Tesco added that some of this impact
CollectPlus, the UK’s largest store-based parcel delivery and returns service, has announced a new partnership with leading web platform Visualsoft, which has developed a new piece of web technology that will make it easier for many retailers in the UK
Turkish fashion designer Hakaan Yildirim made his debut at London Fashion Week on Tuesday (16 September 2014) through DHL Exported, a programme which is designed to assist up-and-coming fashion designers to expand their brands internationally. H by Hakaan Yildirim showcased the spring/summer 2015
A leading retail, entertainment and leisure complex is celebrating the success of its waste management and recycling programme. Grand Central Stockport has gone from no recycling to more than 85% since B&M Waste Services was appointed to spearhead a major waste
Marks & Spencer has renewed its contract with Norbert Dentressangle for a further five years, increasing the scope of the partnership to include the delivery of a major automation project at the retailer’s Bradford distribution centre, along with the management
As part of its store of the future retail estate refresh programme, Homebase has unveiled the blueprint for its DIY store concept, designed by integrated brand communications agency Refinery. The result of in-depth research designed help to future-proof the DIY
Independent IT services company Vista Retail Support has won the Deal of the Year award at the Insider Wales Dealmakers Awards, hosted at Cardiff City Hall. The £12.3m management buyout of the Cardiff-based business was successfully completed in May. The complex
Unipack, one of the largest retail packaging companies in the UK, and established distributor for retail, food related, industrial and mailing packaging products, has launched a new website. The website has been designed to make purchasing a wide range of
Preoday has announced it has begun building free mobile apps for every one of London’s 5,000 independent takeaway restaurants. The apps let consumers place orders directly with their favourite takeaways via their smartphones. Unlike the big portals, Preoday takes no commission on
Collinson Group, a global leader in shaping customer behaviour to drive revenue and add value to its clients, has announced the acquisition of Welcome Real-time, an international provider of payment based loyalty solutions. Founded in 1997, Welcome Real-time’s award-winning technology integrates
BlackBerry Limited PermataBank and Monitise today announced the forthcoming availability of its BBM Money service for smartphones running on Android, iOS and BlackBerry platforms in Indonesia. The launch is among a series of initiatives from BlackBerry which are set to
MasterCard Belgium is introducing its contactless mobile payment solution in Belgium. The new payment technology claims to transform a consumer’s smartphone into a payment card, and is currently being implemented by local MasterCard personnel. This solution has been developed in
Point Inside, a company which claims to be transforming the in-store retail experience through mobile shopper engagement, has reported a 1,690% revenue growth since 2010, having grown revenue more than 150% year-over-year without the support of venture capital funding. The company’s rapid
Outdoorsy shoppers in Lancashire flocked to the newly revamped Regatta store at Freeport Fleetwood and helped sales increase by 16% in the first week of reopening, the outlet centre reports. The refreshed store, which has new shopping areas, a new
Bango, the mobile payments company, has announced it is working with Amazon and Telefónica Deutschland for carrier billing services on Telefónica’s network in Germany. Carrier billing is frictionless, one-click payment for digital goods, charging the cost to the consumer’s mobile
Marks & Spencer has agreed new franchise partnerships with two of Scandinavia’s leading retail operators, which will see it open 15 new franchise stores across Finland and Norway and launch a Finnish website in 2016. The move is part of Marks & Spencer’s international
The UK’s leading curated marketplace notonthehighstreet.com today announced the first step in its international expansion plans by confirming the launch of its first dedicated international online marketplace in Germany. The move follows significant growth in sales and web traffic from Europe
Around 500 newsagents in Edinburgh and Glasgow will receive a second round of deliveries on the morning of 19 September to meet demand for news coverage of the independence referendum. The exceptional move will see later editions of the bestselling newspapers in
Burberry has topped a list of the most tweeted designers at London Fashion Week, according to an analysis by Hotwire PR, which examined the key trends driving conversations around the show. The study reveals that designer’s use of fashion technology played
Two university pals have launched a new business to combat careless couriers, and have secured a string of high-profile clients. Kate Kennedy and Lucy Major, who met whilst studying at Newcastle University, were frustrated by the goods they bought online
Land Securities, the UK’s largest commercial property company, is refreshing its Trinity Leeds app to incorporate proximity-based beacon technology following a three month trial at the UK’s most digitally enabled retail and leisure destination. This new addition to the digital
London Designer Outlet, the capital’s only designer outlet centre, located in Wembley Park, is welcoming two new retailers this month, with Next and Sole Trader becoming the latest big name brands to join its ever-growing retail line-up. Fashion favourite, Next,
