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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.

Why experiential retail has never been more important

Picture the scene: A 400m maze with 8ft high walls and a tree-house retreat as its…

Personalised delivery is the future for retailers

The retail and e-commerce marketplace is extremely crowded, with hundreds of brands…

Tailoring the consumer experience

Consumers are increasingly looking for more personal, community-orientated shopping…

Six tips to utilise the government’s R&D tax credit scheme

Research and development (R&D) tax credits are a government incentive designed to reward…

Why retailers shouldn’t bank on PSD2 for protection

On 14 September 2019, the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) will come into effect,…

Understanding the true cost to serve

The boom in the e-commerce industry over the last 10 years has led to a saturated…

How FMCG retailers are personalising our supermarkets

Sometimes, the world seems to just turn too quickly; work projects pile up, kids’ schedules…

Offering frictionless delivery is key to winning over millennials

Driven by the rise of online shopping and the modern on-demand lifestyle, millennials now…

Developing sustainable retail brands with employee engagement

When it comes to sustainability, some brands are way ahead of the game. Others, however, are…

Personalisation and its role in retail

In order to encourage footfall and, by extension sales, retail stores are having to work…