Sweden
This coverage examines retail activity, market trends, and brand strategies in Sweden, offering insight into its influence on and connections with the UK retail sector. Reporting highlights store openings, cross-border expansion, consumer behaviour, and sustainability initiatives shaping retail in the Swedish market. Retail executives, brand managers, and strategists can use these insights to assess opportunities and challenges in Sweden’s retail landscape.
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May- 2022 -27 MayOnline & Digital
Mango debuts new digital wellness line
Mango, the European fashion group, is opening a new wellness line by integrating a selection of the Rituals catalogue and stock onto its online platform, in a bid to extend its commercial offering and service to customers. Mango’s marketplace will feature 150 Rituals products in six categories: bath and shower,…
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24 MayClothing & Shoes
H&M unveils new Braehead store
H&M has announced the opening of its new store at Braehead shopping centre, a retail and leisure destination, under the ownership of property company SGS and assets managed by Global Mutual Properties. H&M has relocated from its former unit to a new ground floor space, spanning 17,000 square feet, on…
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18 MayLuxury Goods
Watches of Switzerland hails record revenues of £1.23bn
The Watches of Switzerland Group has reported its group revenues surged 40% year-on-year from £905m to £1.23bn in the 53 weeks ending 1 May 2022 (FY22), marking a “record” year of revenue and profitability. All in all, UK revenues were up 36% to £810m and US revenues were up 48%…
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Feb- 2022 -10 FebruaryLuxury Goods
Watches of Switzerland sales soar amid ‘thriving’ market demand
The Watches of Switzerland Group PLC has reported its revenues surged 27.9% year-on-year to £348.1m in the 13 weeks to 30 January 2022 (Q3 FY22), and 36.5% from pre-Covid levels. The group’s year-to-date revenues for the 39 weeks to 30 January 2022 (9M FY22) also rose by 38% year-on-year from…
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Jan- 2022 -25 JanuaryNews
Flying Tiger rolls out mobile self-checkout to UK stores
Store chain Flying Tiger Copenhagen has announced it is rolling out MishiPay’s mobile self-checkout solution to its UK stores. The announcement comes following a successful trial across stores in Denmark, Sweden and Norway that generated positive feedback on both customer and employee experience. During the trial period, MishiPay’s Scan, Pay…
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Jun- 2021 -7 JuneOnline & Digital
Klarna launches UK shopping feature
Klarna, a global banking, payments, and shopping service provider, has launched a new shopping app. The shopping feature enables UK Klarna users to shop at any online store directly through the group’s app, regardless of whether they are a Klarna partner or not. Through Klarna’s “pay in three” service, customers…
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Jan- 2021 -15 JanuaryHigh Street
H&M appoints new communications director
H&M has announced the appointment of Andreas Eriksson as communications director succeeding his predecessor Kristina Stenvinkel. Eriksson, who was the group’s previous head of media relations, will be succeeded by Iñigo Sáenz Maestre, who is currently the senior press officer. Eriksson brings with him extensive experience within communications and leadership…
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Feb- 2020 -12 FebruaryDIY
Inter Ikea appoints new CEO
Inter Ikea has announced that Torbjörn Lööf, who has been the company’s CEO for the past seven years, is to step down from his role and will be replaced by Jon Abrahamsson Ring. To ensure a “good handover”, Ikea said Ring, who is a former assistant to Ikea founder Ingvar…
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Aug- 2019 -1 AugustAdvice
The changing face of the retail car park
Over the next decade we will see a seismic shift in the way we travel from A-B. Widespread automation, together with electrification and the increased connectivity of transport and society will not only shake-up the automotive industry, but it will also bring the imminent need for change. Driven by government…
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Jul- 2019 -23 JulyAdvice
How Chinese consumers meet ‘Brand Britain’
Francis Fukayama is most famous for writing ‘The End of History’ at a time when history was just re-starting but in 1995 he wrote another book called ´Trust’, which I think is more important. It describes how trust glues a country together and talks of China as a low-trust culture…
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