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Oct- 2019 -30 OctoberComment
What retailers can learn from the success of Downton Abbey
The film adaptation of the award-winning period drama, Downton Abbey, made its highly anticipated debut in cinemas recently. The film,…
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29 OctoberComment
Can intelligent retail improve the shopping experience?
You would be hard pressed to find a retailer who doesn’t want greater insight into what is happening within its…
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29 OctoberHigh Street
Boots Q4 sales slip amid ‘challenging’ retail market
Health and beauty retailer Boots has reported a 2.1% decrease in sales in its fourth-quarter results, ending 31 August 2019.…
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29 OctoberEconomy
Retailers report ‘record high’ stock levels in October
Retailers’ stock levels in relation to expected sales were at their highest on record in October, according to the latest…
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25 OctoberTechnology
Robots could take half a million UK retail jobs within the next five years
UK retail is set to lose over half a million jobs to robots, according to the 2019 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO…
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25 OctoberAdvice
How retail businesses can reduce electrical consumption
Energy remains one of the largest in-store operating costs for UK retailers; and with electricity prices in particular continuing to…
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24 OctoberPeople Moves
85,000 retail jobs lost in the last year
Third-quarter retail employment fell by 2.8% year-on-year, the equivalent of around 85,000 jobs, marking the 15th consecutive quarter of decline…
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23 OctoberComment
How the barcode is continuing to impact the retail world
In our daily lives we hardly give the barcode a second thought. We only really come across it when we’re…
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23 OctoberOnline & Digital
Online retail sales drag in September
Online sales grew by a marginal 0.6% year-on-year in September, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index. The…
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23 OctoberSupply Chain
Royal Mail strikes could cost retailers £8m
A possible Black Friday Royal Mail strike could force retailers to attempt to pass on 8.5 million parcels, or 105,000…
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