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Advice offers practical guidance and expert insight for retail professionals navigating today’s competitive UK market. This section features commentary and analysis from industry specialists on business growth, workforce management, customer engagement, technology adoption, and operational efficiency. Retail Sector’s Advice coverage helps retailers, brand managers, and suppliers translate market trends and policy changes into actionable strategies that strengthen performance and resilience across every level of retail operations.

Advice

Advice offers practical guidance and expert insight for retail professionals navigating today’s competitive UK market. This section features commentary and analysis from industry specialists on business growth, workforce management, customer engagement, technology adoption, and operational efficiency. Retail Sector’s Advice coverage helps retailers, brand managers, and suppliers translate market trends and policy changes into actionable strategies that strengthen performance and resilience across every level of retail operations.

How to grow your retail business using print and digital

The retail industry is the single largest private sector employer, employing one in ten…

Retail versus digital – can’t we all just get along?

There’s no doubt about it – consumer behaviour has, without question, been one of the main…

Responding to sexual harassment in the retail workplace

A recent survey from regional law firm Foot Anstey found just over 1 in 10 (11%) retail…

COMMENT: First bans for ads breaking UK gender stereotyping rules

As we reported back in May 2018 in the post “CAP considers new rule against harmful…

Adapting to the new age of retail

Following the recent closures of large-scale retail chains such as William Hill, the…

Calculating holiday pay correctly

We are now in the depths of summer and numerous employees are no doubt enjoying their annual…

Future proofing your brand in the age of the Sci-Fi shopper

When Sci-Fi blockbuster Minority Report’s tech-enriched vision of commerce in the year 2054…

On-hold marketing

From fashion to food, high street to online, there’s never a dull moment in retail. Store…

How to ensure bricks & mortar stores thrive in a shifting marketplace

Gone are the days when brands can get away with being all things to all people. A brand must…

Enabling speed and agility in the retail sector

Retail stores are facing huge changes in buying behaviour – 18% of all UK purchases…