Month: February 2019
-
Feb- 2019 -12 FebruaryAdvice
Gender fluid fashion: Are your stores and colleagues ready to assist?
Fashion retailers are masters at riding the Zeitgeist. So with interest in gender fluidity mushrooming across the globe, it’s no…
Read More » -
12 FebruaryLuxury Goods
Gucci helps Kering ‘outperform’ sector
Kering has continued to “significantly outperform the sector” as its Gucci brand delivered revenues of £7.27bn. The luxury goods group…
Read More » -
12 FebruaryEconomy
More retailers allowing international payments as Brexit looms
Analysis of the UK’s top 250 retailers has found a 19% year-on-year increase in the number of brands offering the…
Read More » -
12 FebruaryHigh Street
West End retailers face £45m rates hike in April
Retailers located in London’s West End are set to face a £45m rates tax increase in April, according to a…
Read More » -
12 FebruaryDepartment Stores
Debenhams secures £40m cash injection
Debenhams has received a £40m cash injection from lenders in order to buy it more time as it looks to…
Read More » -
11 FebruaryHigh Street
High street vacancies on the rise, retail data shows
The national town centre vacancy rate was 9.9% in January 2019, up from 8.9% a year earlier This is according…
Read More » -
11 FebruaryProperty
Iceland eyeing Sainsbury’s and Asda stores
Iceland is considering a bid for the Sainsbury’s and Asda stores, which were put on the market after the Competition…
Read More » -
11 FebruaryAnalysis
Three trends from NRF that will shape retail in 2019
Every January the retail industry flocks to New York for ‘The Big Show’, also known as NRF, a three-day event…
Read More » -
11 FebruaryHigh Street
18,722 retail jobs lost or at risk since Christmas day
Some 18,722 retail staff, 400 every single day, have either been made redundant or have had their jobs threatened since…
Read More » -
8 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
JD Sports removes advert for Scotland shirt following ‘#everydaysexism’ complaints
Sports retailer, JD Sports, has removed an advert for the football shirt of the Scottish national team following Twitter complaints…
Read More »