Office
This coverage examines Office’s strategy, operations, and role within the UK footwear retail sector. Reporting highlights store performance, online initiatives, product trends, marketing campaigns, financial results, and leadership decisions. Focused on commercial outcomes and brand positioning, it offers insights for retail professionals managing footwear, fashion, and multi-channel retail businesses.
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Jan- 2018 -19 JanuaryEconomy
December 2017 sees retail sales slump
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that December 2017 had the weakest retail sales in over four years. The quantity of items bought in December decreased by 1.5% when compared with the stronger sales in November 2017. Although retail sales increased by 1.3% in December compared with the…
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19 JanuaryHigh Street
Post Office joins convenience store for new 24-hour offering
The opening of a new Post Office on New Oxford Street in London has marked the first in the new strategy of the postal service. The new 24-hour branch is based inside The Convenience Store on 71 New Oxford Street. A further 25 openings are planned in London including in…
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17 JanuaryEconomy
Inflation drops for the first time in 6 months
The inflation rate saw a slight dip in December, falling to 3%, according to figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The level of inflation, according to Consumer Price Index (CPI), was less than November’s rate of 3.1%, which was at its highest for six years. The high…
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11 JanuaryGovernment
Carphone Warehouse fined £400,000 for security data breach
Carphone Warehouse has been fined £400,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), after a data breach allowed unauthorised access to the personal data of over three million customers and 1,000 employees. The compromised data included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, marital status and, for more than 18,000 customers,…
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8 JanuaryGovernment
Retailers vow to control acid-attack ingredient sales
Some of the country’s largest retailers and independent business leaders have pledged not to sell the most harmful corrosive substances to under 18s, as part of a series of voluntary commitments proposed by the government to help limit acid attacks. Waitrose, B&Q, Morrisons, Wickes, Co-op, Screwfix and Tesco are among…
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3 JanuaryEconomy
Retail entertainment reaches ‘all-time-high’ in 2017
The size of the UK’s retail entertainment market reached an all-time high of £7.24bn in 2017 driven mainly by digital streaming services, according to new data. In figures compiled by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA), the market segment saw combined sales growth of 8.8% across music, video and games, compared…
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