Pandemic

Deal activity in F&B recovered in 2023, Grant Thornton finds

Deal activity in the food and beverage sector rebounded last year compared with 2022, when dealmaking was put on pause…

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Frasers rescues Wiggle from administration

Frasers Group has acquired online bicycle retailer Wiggle out of administration, The Sunday Times has reported.  Frasers reportedly agreed a…

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Five ways to enhance in-store experience

Customers’ in-store experiences are thought to act as triggers for their purchasing decisions. Therefore, developing a genuinely distinctive retail customer…

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The history of online shopping

While online shopping as we know it found its roots in the mid 1990s after the invention of the first…

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Asos relaunches influencer programme

Asos has relaunched its Asos Insider influencer programme after the initiative was previously wound down in 2020 due to the…

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Homebase owner eyes second sale in four years

Hilco Capital has reportedly put Homebase up for sale for the second time in four years after acquiring the business…

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NWEC calls for return to tax-free shopping as tourist spending gap widens

The New West End Company (NWEC) has called for the return of tax-free shopping as the gap between the number…

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Today’s news in brief-15/2/24

The UK has entered a technical recession as its GDP contracted by 0.3% in the final quarter of 2023. This…

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UK enters technical recession as GDP contracts 0.3% in Q4

The UK fell into a technical recession after gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 0.3% in the final three months…

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Waterstones pre-tax profits plummet amid tech issue

Waterstones revealed that pre-tax profits fell to £11.2m in the year ending 29 April 2023 from £50.6m reported last year,…

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