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Coronavirus
UK to spend £2.5bn this week as restrictions ease
The UK is set to collectively spend £2.5bn this week as indoor hospitality reopens and restrictions further ease, giving a…
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Analysis
The return to the high street: friend or foe?
With our clocks adjusted to British Summer Time and Government guidelines easing off shopping restrictions for non-essential shopping, the return…
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Electrical
Dixons Carphone rebrands to Currys
Dixons Carphone is set to drop its name as the group rebrands to Currys, with all stores across the business…
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Online & Digital
Online sales in April ‘impressive’ despite high street reopening
Online retail sales have continued to grow in April, rising 10.2% year-on-year, despite the reopening of the high street and…
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Advice
How to benefit from the forthcoming massive wave of ad spend
The recent IPA Bellwether on marketing budgets in the UK has revealed that 2020 saw a fast paced decrease in…
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People Moves
Retail businesses started in 2020 to create 5,500 jobs
Retail businesses started in 2020 are set to create thousands of jobs in the coming years, as one-in-four retail business…
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Clothing & Shoes
Joules raises full-year guidance amid ‘encouraging’ trading
Joules has announced it has raised both its revenue and pre-tax profit guidance after being “encouraged” by recent momentum across…
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Coronavirus
PM confirms further easing of restrictions from 17 May
Prime minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that indoor hospitality can return next week as the government moves ahead with the…
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High Street
Ikea eyes Topshop’s former Oxford Street flagship
Ikea has reportedly held advanced talks to take over the former Topshop flagship store Oxford Street as part of a…
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Supermarkets
10p plastic bag charge to be enforced from 21 May
The single-use carrier bag charge is set to double from 5p to 10p and be extended to all businesses in…
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