Retail solutions provider Sensormatic Solutions has released the annual ShopperTrak predictions of the top five busiest UK shopper traffic days for peak trading 2019. With more than 1.5 million data collection
Tess Gee, co-founder of Manchester’s award-winning kids’ concept store Our Kid, shares honest insight into the critical early years of an independent retail business and her top tips for survival. Laura
John Lewis Partnership has appointed Dame Clare Tickell and Michael Herlihy as its first independent directors. Reporting to the chairman, the new roles aim to provide insight and challenge to the
Kay-Anne van Zyl, senior associate at law firm Kemp Little, advises retailers on running promotions and competitions. Sales promotions and competitions are a popular way for retailers to increase customer engagement.
Global insight consultancy, Flamingo, has unveiled four key retail trends ahead of the A/W19 edition of Top Drawer. The insight draws on Flamingo’s ongoing analysis of the larger cultural shifts
Emma Gullick, associate creative director at UK branding, retail and interiors agency, Phoenix Wharf, will once again be speaking at Kind + Jugend in Cologne. Following the success of Gullick's speech
Many retailers are thinking about take back schemes and what they can do to ensure the items they sell don’t end up in landfill or incineration; Recyclatex could be the
New research from global payments provider Klarna reveals that online SME retailers in the UK are increasingly open to new technologies to help drive growth over the next year. The research
Global lifestyle brand Ted Baker has entered into a new product licence agreement with Next to accelerate the expansion of its childrenswear collections. Ted Baker’s current childrenswear product relationship with
Alex Treanor opened children’s footwear and clothing store Ollie & Phee in 2016. Her inspiration for the business - and her love of working with kids - came following her
Best friends and mothers, Georgie Simpson and Anna Lockwood, opened the wonderfully named children’s store Tiger Fifty 7 in late January in the spa town of Harrogate. (The shop’s name
Independent retailers recently united in London to celebrate the ongoing success of the national online selling platform, Down Your High Street (DYHS). Also in attendance were event organisers Network &
The annual search to find Britain’s Best Small Shop, a competition managed by the Independent Retailers Confederation (IRC), has begun. A key focus of the competition is on consumer engagement and
