Month: November 2018
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Nov- 2018 -23 November
Amazon UK warehouse workers to protest across Black Friday
Hundreds of Amazon warehouse workers are expected to demonstrate at the online retail giant’s warehouses in Rugeley, Swansea, Peterborough, Milton…
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22 NovemberHigh Street
Mothercare revenues down 13% in half-year results
Mothercare’s half year results for the 28 week period to 6 October 2018 saw revenues drop by 13% to £295m.…
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22 NovemberAdvice
How retailers can analyse its customer’s shopping trends
Retailers will be clamouring to entice shoppers to their stores this Black Friday with a frenzy of hot bargains and…
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22 NovemberDIY
Ikea’s ‘business transformation’ leaves 350 UK and Irish jobs at risk
DIY giant Ikea has announced that 350 jobs, out of the 12,100 UK and Ireland roles, may be made redundant…
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22 NovemberSupermarkets
Sainsbury’s opens ‘experimental’ Selly Oak superstore
Sainsbury’s has opened a new 67,000 sq ft “experimental” store in Selly Oak, Birmingham, featuring its first eat-in food market.…
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21 NovemberHigh Street
Crickhowell High Street crowned ‘UK’s best’ in Great British High Street Awards
Crickhowell High Street has been crowned the overall winner of the government-run Great British High Street Awards 2018. The Welsh…
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21 NovemberDepartment Stores
M&S ‘fancy little knickers’ display branded ‘sexist’ and ‘vomit inducing’
A Nottingham Marks & Spencer window display which said women’s “fancy little knickers” were a “must have” and was placed…
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21 NovemberShopping Centres
London Designer Outlet launches store-to-door delivery service
London Designer Outlet (LDO) at Wembley Park has become the first UK shopping centre to offer Dropit, the app-based, store-to-door…
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21 NovemberAdvice
Ramping PCI DSS efforts for the festive shopping period
With consumers the world over making the all-important buying decisions in anticipation of the holidays, retailers should be preparing to…
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21 NovemberHigh Street
87% of Black Friday prices ‘aren’t the cheapest of the year’, says Which?
A year-long investigation by consumers association Which? has found that Black Friday prices “aren’t the cheapest of the year”, and…
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