‘Clicks and mortar’ approach to retail

Consumer research into online shopping shows that if retailers are to thrive in today’s tightening retail environment, they will have to integrate their online offering into their physical business to remain relevant to the internet-savvy consumer. Read

Consumer confidence on a knife-edge

Two research reports released by the British Retail Consortium reveal a tale of two cities – or at least one city, London, versus the rest of the UK. Read

Confidence remains low

The British Retail Consortium’s (BRC’s) latest monthly survey finds ‘consumer confidence has fallen further to all-time lows’, prompting discounting from most retailers in order to generate sales. Read

Department stores delight

Strong performances from premium operators such as Harrods, Selfridges and Harvey Nichols have driven a sustained growth spurt over the past two years in the overall department store sector. Read

Retail tills to be hard hit

Wiping away their tears with their surplus England replica shirts, sports retailers took a dark view of the England team’s failure. Read

Go greener, NCC tells grocers

According to a National Consumer Council (NCC) report entitled Green Grocers?, UK supermarkets still need to do more to help customers reduce their environmental impact, despite welcome efforts to go ‘greener’. Read

Sales remain firm, says ONS

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AIM

After pushing past the 1,200-point mark and looking like it was going to touch last year’s five-year high. Read

Christmas bonus

Christmas was an almost unqualified success, with retail sales well ahead of the market’s expectations. Read

US behemoth joins with Bharti

American supermarket behemoth Wal-Mart is about to throw its hat into the ring in India Read

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