Coronavirus
This coverage analyses the impact of coronavirus on the UK retail industry, focusing on operational challenges, government measures, financial pressures, workforce management, and shifts in consumer behaviour. Reporting provides insights into how retailers responded to closures, safety protocols, supply chain disruptions, and evolving customer needs — helping executives and managers assess lessons learned and long-term changes.
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Apr- 2020 -27 AprilHigh Street
JD Sports to delay full-year results
Sports fashion retailer JD Sports has revealed plans to delay its full-year results to 7 July 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact the UK. In March the Financial Conduct Authority (‘FCA’) announced a temporary relief for listed companies that are due to report financial results during the current…
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24 AprilCoronavirus Featured Content
Oasis and Warehouse fall: Will the coronavirus pandemic force my business into insolvency?
With the involuntary closure of many businesses forced by the UK-wide lockdown, previously successful companies are beginning to feel the strain and becoming more concerned about their future viability. Many retailers simply do not have the income or cash reserves to pay their creditors at this time. This is not…
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24 AprilShopping Centres
Hammerson’s £400m retail park disposal in doubt as Orion stalls
Hammerson has revealed its previously agreed £400m sale of seven of its retail parks has been put in doubt after prospective buyer Orion European Real Estate Fund said it does not intend to complete the deal. Hammerson revealed that under the terms of the unconditional sale and purchase agreement, Hammerson…
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24 AprilCoronavirus
Government introduces new measures to protect high street
The business secretary has announced a new set of measures that will be introduced to protect high street businesses “under strain” from the ongoing pandemic. High street shops, and other companies facing financial difficulties, will now be protected from “aggressive” rent collection and asked to pay what they can as…
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23 AprilBusiness Bites
Scarves for face-masks will be part of the government’s post-pandemic advice
The government will advise the use of homemade facemasks once the pandemic measures are sufficiently relaxed for people to go back to work. As it tries to make sure that surgical-grade personal protective equipment (PPE) does not face supply issues for NHS workers, the government said scarves or ‘homemade cloth…
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23 AprilCoronavirus Featured Content
The role of the physical store post-lockdown
The role of the physical store post-lockdown Retailers have been hit by an escalating “perfect storm” of issues recently – digital disruption, business rates increases, a weak Christmas peak, and now the Covid-19 virus. Businesses with greater debts, low cash reserves, and reduced margins were sadly always going to struggle,…
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23 AprilCoronavirus
One in six shopworkers abused daily during pandemic, says Usdaw
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has released statistics revealing one in six shop workers have suffered abuse on every shift, during the coronavirus pandemic. The statistics revealed 62% of the 4,928 shopworkers surveyed have experienced verbal abuse, with almost a third being threatened by a customer. Usdaw also revealed 4% of…
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22 AprilBusiness Bites
Will there be coronavirus help for small company directors who are paid by dividend?
The financial plight of limited company directors has been raised by the Tory chairman of the Treasury select committee. Mel Stride, a former Treasury minister, said chancellor Rishi Sunak needs to view company directors as a tranche of people who have ‘slipped through the net’ of all the other largesse…
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22 AprilClothing & Shoes
Moss Bros buyer fights to pull £22.6m offer
The Brigadier Acquisition Company is reportedly seeking to retract its £22.6m offer to takeover Moss Bros. The Moss Bros board announced that it had been informed that the potential buyer was now seeking a ruling from the City Takeover Panel in an update posted this morning (22 April). The clothing…
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21 AprilComment
How brands can use feedback to excel CX in the post-coronavirus world
The coronavirus lockdown is likely to change consumers’ relationships with brands in all kinds of ways. With a third of the world’s population under some form of restriction because of the pandemic, millions of consumers have hours to spend online, reassessing the familiar and exploring the new. At a time…
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