Year: 2018
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Dec- 2018 -21 DecemberAdvice
Will retailers rise to the occasion this Christmas?
Retailers are entering their busiest and potentially most profitable period – but it is also their riskiest. Fail to hit…
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21 DecemberAdvice
How retailers can avoid the ยฃ2.4bn peak returns crisis
The Christmas peak period is often heralded as the saving grace of retailโs calendar. But any dramatic spike in sales…
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21 DecemberHigh Street
December consumer confidence ends 2018 on five-year low
GfKโs long-running Consumer Confidence Index decreased by one point in December 2018 to -14. The measure for the general economic…
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21 DecemberEconomy
Londonโs West End to receive ยฃ186m pre-Christmas boost
Shoppers visiting Londonโs West End are expected to spend ยฃ186m in the final three days before Christmas, according to New…
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21 DecemberHealth & Beauty
Boots ownerโs earnings dented by โchallenging marketโ in the UK
Boots owner, Walgreens Boots Alliance, has said it has seen a decline in profit and sales due to a โchallenging…
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20 DecemberAnalysis
The shift towards conscious consumerism
The UKโs ethical retail sector has grown by more than ยฃ40bn since 2008, with households spending an average of ยฃ1,263…
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20 DecemberEconomy
Online breaks 20% of retail for first time
The quantity bought in retail sales increased by 0.4% in the three months to November 2018, driven by growths in…
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20 DecemberEconomy
UK airport retailers expected to take over ยฃ56m during โbusiest time of the yearโ
New research has found that UK travellers will spend over ยฃ56m at UK airports during this period, considered the โbusiest…
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20 DecemberGovernment
MPs launch inquiry into business rates
The Treasury select committee has launched an inquiry into business rates as part of the Housing, Communities and Local Government…
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19 DecemberAdvice
How retail marketers can cut the cost of Christmas
Christmas is an expensive time of year for everybody โ particularly retail businesses as competition intensifies around the seasonal period.…
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