Gnaw, the Norwich-based maker of a quirky range of handcrafted chocolates, has formed a partnership with leading distributor Blakemore Fine Foods, that will enable both companies to boost business with UK retailers who want to buy British. Gnaw reports it
Consumers rank the availability of knowlegeable staff highly and twice as much in-store as online, according to Nicola Millard, BT customer experience futurologist. Presenting the latest on- and offline shopper trends at the 2014 IGD Convention, Millard said shoppers rate
Europe’s biggest single price value retailer, Poundland has selected The Victoria shopping centre in Southend as its latest location for a new store. The large 8,400sq ft store has just opened on the ground floor of the shopping centre, in
Natural Balance Foods reports its Nākd snack bar brand has grown by £7.5m and is now worth £16.2m, almost doubling in a year – growing ahead of competitors and the category. With 17% of this growth coming from the convenience and
High street health food retailer Holland & Barrett has celebrated a record six years of consecutive growth by filing strong year-end financials, opening its 1,000th store at the Trafford centre in Manchester this week and announcing the opening of a further 70 new
Online marketplace provider, Mirakl, is now allowing its retail customers to offer Bitcoin as a payment option to consumers on their websites and e-commerce channels. Mirakl works with some of the world’s most well-known retailers, including Darty, Galeries Lafayette and Woolworths. While
Mobile payment innovation Zapp, has announced a range of retail partnerships that will work to introduce Zapp from 2015. Five of the most customer-focused and innovative retailers across a range of sectors lead the way – Asda, Sainsbury’s, House of Fraser, Thomas Cook and Shop
The IGD polled delegates at its 2014 Convention to win their views on a number of hot retail issues and topics. The majority views, presented below, highlight the sentiment among leading food and grocery companies: Q: What has been the
There’s a lot of balance sheets in the retail grocery sector that can’t take much more disruption, according to Booker chief executive Charles Wilson. Speaking at the 2014 IGD Convention, Wilson said the supermarkets’ economic model has been disrupted. Their
Food and grocery companies should be pushing shopper satisfaction deeper into the heart of the boardroom, according to the IGD. Speaking at the IGD’s 2014 Convention, IGD chief executive Joanne Denney-Finch, said: “We’ve seen remarkable growth for the UK economy this
Nearly 150 employees from 29 Booths stores in the North West have been digging out their mixing bowls and spoons and vying against their colleagues in ‘The Great Booths Bake Off’ to be in with a chance of supplying the
Chauhan Studio is pleased to announce its exciting collaboration with Tesco on the design of the new Hudl2 tablet. The London-based industrial design studio worked closely on this project with Keith Metcalfe, the head of hardware product development at Tesco, and the
Two established dairy brands have joined forces to create a new entity that aims to tap into consumers’ evermore international taste buds. NOMADIC dairy is claimed to offer consumers a unique dairy taste with a range of products that are
CollectPlus, the UK’s largest store-based parcel delivery and returns company, has announced the success of an initiative set up with the Leeds University Students’ Union, following the launch of Click&Collect+ and its returns service at the Union’s on-campus convenience store, Essentials. Located
The latest August IMRG MetaPack Delivery Index confirms UK retailers are on course to dispatch a record 900m orders or 930m parcels in 2014, with 120 million orders in December alone. The predicted lull in online retail did occur in August
The UK has most digitalised market in Europe and Amazon is the UK’s top retailer with 83% of the population having visited its website in the past three months. Eighty per cent of its users make a purchase, despite its absence
Royal Mail is to nearly double the maximum size of its small parcel format for the busy Christmas parcel posting period. From 20 October, the Royal Mail maximum small parcel format will be much bigger in size. This means that consumers
The shortlist for this year’s Growing Business Awards, held in association with Lloyds Bank and supported by the CBI, has been announced, with two online jewellery firms and two food brands competing for the Retail Hero award. In the food corner of the category Hotcha, a
A new whisky consultancy, Rare Whisky 101 (RW101), claims it is giving connoisseurs, collectors and investors of Scotland’s national drink the chance to enjoy more than just high spirits. Set up by whisky experts, David Robertson and Andy Simpson, RW101
Details regarding the opening of North Lincolnshire Shopping Park have been confirmed by the park’s developer and main contractor, Simons Group. The retailers will all be opening their doors for business on 24 October 2014. Boots will be opening at 8am, with
Realex Payments, one of Europe’s fastest growing payment solution providers, has announced a new partnership with OpenCart. The deal sees Realex Payments and OpenCart, a leading open-source e-commerce software platform that powers hundreds of thousands of stores, launch a one-stop solution
François Pétavy, CEO of online creative crowdsourcing platform, eYeka, explores some creative options for retailers looking to improve the in-store customer experience, as more and more consumers choose to buy online Thirty years ago, when the term “retail therapy” was first
In the second instalment of Retail Times’s definitive Guide to Profitable Fresh Foods Retailing, launched in collaboration with Applied Data Corporation (ADC), we explore how retailers and food service operators can optimise their fresh food sales and margins with scales
Brightpearl, the multi-channel retail management system, has announced the introduction of the Shopify POS app into the Brightpearl app store. Brightpearl, Shopify and Shopify POS are all tightly integrated, giving retailers the confidence to expand their businesses across multiple channels, the companies claim.
Spar stores and customers across the North of England have helped to raise £200,000 for the NSPCC’s ChildLine Schools Service simply by having a bite to eat. The money has been raised since 2011 through a sandwich promotion on a
