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Paphitis delivers ‘resilient’ full year and Christmas performance

The Paphitis retail group has reported a ‘resilient’ performance amid ‘challenging’ conditions in both its full year and Christmas results. …

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How in-store experiences will shape gaming retail in 2020 and beyond

A little over a year ago the Entertainment Retailer Association (ERA) announced that the gaming market accounted for more than…

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Boohoo more valuable than M&S – a sea-change encapsulated

From a purely journalistic standpoint it is now a de facto cliché to refer to Marks and Spencer as the…

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Why shoppers want simple sustainability

The Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping spike is putting packaging into perspective for shoppers and creating demand for simple…

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Why shoppable social media means retailers must embrace returns

Growing social commerce This year marks 25 years since the first secure online transaction was completed, signalling the birth of…

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‘Please respect shopworkers’, says USDAW

The trade union leader of Usdaw has urged shoppers to “keep their cool” this Black Friday. The Union of Shop,…

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Shop prices fall for sixth consecutive month

Shop prices fell for the sixth consecutive month, according to the November BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index. Overall prices fell by…

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Conservatives pledge business rates review

The Conservative Party has pledged a business rates review which aims to “reduce the burden” on UK businesses, as part…

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Is Boris sticking two fingers up at the Treasury Select Committee on Business Rates?

The worst fears from those who have read and welcomed the recent Treasury Select Committee report into business rates- that…

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Boris Johnson pledges to invest in ‘left behind’ communities if Tories win

The Conservative party has proposed to reduce business rates for smaller businesses, in order to support “left-behind” towns, if they…

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