Month: March 2018
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Mar- 2018 -26 MarchEconomy
No-deal Brexit ‘could add £7.8bn’ to retail costs
New research launched from Retail Economics and Squire Patton Boggs shows that £7.8bn could be added to the cost of…
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26 MarchDepartment Stores
House of Fraser holds emergency refinancing talks
Department store group House of Fraser has held refinancing talks with Alteri Investors as fears grow over its financial condition.…
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23 MarchOnline & Digital
‘Beast from the East’ drives online retail sales
UK online retail sales were up +13.1% year-on-year (YoY) in February, according to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini…
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23 MarchEconomy
Retail sales see first increase in two months
Retail sales increased by 0.8% in February this year compared with the previous month, with increases seen across all main…
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23 MarchAdvice
Gender pay gap reporting: Why you should see it as an opportunity
With just less than a month until the gender pay gap (GPG) reporting deadline, less than 15% of eligible organisations…
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23 MarchHigh Street
Next admits 2017 was ‘the most challenging year’ as annual profits drop
Next has seen its annual profits drop by 8% after what the retailer described as its most challenging year for…
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23 MarchHigh Street
Toys R Us founder dies aged 94
The founder of Toys R Us, Charles Lazarus, has died aged 94, after a period of declining health. He founded…
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22 MarchHigh Street
Conviviality launches £125m fundraising bid to avert bankruptcy
Conviviality has announced it urgently needs to raise £125m to avert bankruptcy as it issued its third profit warning in…
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22 MarchAdvice
How the personal touch drives retail success
Retailers today have to go the extra mile to secure customers’ attention. Tactics, like personalisation, which previously were labelled ‘nice…
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22 MarchHigh Street
PerfectHome to refund £2.1m to customers issued unaffordable loans
Rent-to-own firm PerfectHome has been ordered to refund a total of £2.1m to customers issued with loans they could not…
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