Month: June 2020
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Jun- 2020 -19 JuneTips
How the coronavirus lockdown affected Brits’ social shopping
The recent lockdown due to the global pandemic had Brits converge to social platforms, such as Instagram, Facebook, and Google…
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19 JuneAdvice
How e-commerce can maintain business continuity in the face of Covid-19
Covid-19 and the government stay-at-home and shutdown orders have wreaked havoc on the retail industry. Footfall was down 44.7% in…
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19 JuneAdvice
How email can save the high street
According to IMRG, online sales in the UK grew by just 6.7% in 2019. The current pandemic, though, helped online…
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19 JuneAdvice
Retailers must ensure the mental health of their workforce is a top priority
According to the World Health Organisation, in recent years depression has crept up the ladder to become the most common…
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19 JuneCoronavirus Featured Content
Making the UK workplace COVID safe
Rumours of the imminent return of the hospitality sector may have been overstated. Many operators may be ready to open…
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19 JuneEconomy
UK consumer confidence rises in June
GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index increased by six points to -30 in June. The measure for the general economic situation…
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19 JuneNews
Amazon UK boss to step down
The manager of Amazon UK has confirmed he is stepping down from the role, and is now set to assume…
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19 JuneClothing & Shoes
92% of shopworkers oppose longer Sunday working hours, says Usdaw
Some 92% of retail staff in England have opposed large shops opening for more than six hours on a Sunday,…
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19 JuneCoronavirus
Retail sales bounce back in May, says ONS
The volume of retail sales volumes “partly rebounded” in May, according to the latest statistics from the Office of National…
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18 JuneCoronavirus
Employers given 30 days to ‘confess’ to furlough abuses
Legislation is currently being fast-tracked to allow HMRC to reclaim any furlough money overpaid to employers, or not spent on…
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