Technology

The future of advertising creativity in retail

One of the questions that I get asked time and again is: What is the future for advertising creativity in…

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Reimagining the retail bridge between online and offline shopping

The rise of retail giants like Amazon is a widely documented trend with many digital, built-in-the-cloud market entrants having overtaken…

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Generation Z: Is retail communicating with them in the right way?

Generation Z is the next batch of bright young things; still young at 18 to 20 but soon to be…

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DTC ‘done right’ could reignite loyalty of fickle customers

Nowadays, more and more brands are bypassing stores or retail partners through direct-to-consumer strategies – or DTC – in an…

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Around 70,000 retail jobs lost in Q4, report finds

The total number of employees working in retail was down 2.2%, equivalent to around 70,000 jobs, on Q4 2017 an…

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Retail job losses to increase by 27,000, analysis suggests

Online retailers are having a “profound effect” on the commercial property market as the value in retail property is set…

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The North Face appoints new VP for EMEA region

VF Corporation (VF), a company specialising in branded lifestyle apparel, footwear and accessories, has appointed Jan Van Leeuwen to the…

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What does the Black Friday of the future have ‘in store’ for us?

Black Friday, a term which originated in the US and refers to the first shopping day after Thanksgiving, has become…

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How to drive customer loyalty

With new restaurants opening what seems like every other day and more and more shoppers going online, customer loyalty is…

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‘Mixed weather’ leads to John Lewis and Partnership sales slip

John Lewis and Waitrose have both reported a sales decrease for its 11th week of trading, dragged down by a…

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