British retailer Marks and Spencer has revealed its new large scale store at Leamington Spa in Warwick, as a part of its mission to invest and renew within its target markets. Located at one of the five former Debenhams sites acquired by the retailer, the store includes a 12,500 square foot Foodhall, 130 seat cafe and an extensive selection of...
14 Oct 2021
UK retailers are facing a worker shortage as the number of job vacancies in the UK has hit a record high. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed vacancies soared to 1.1 million between July and September, the highest level since records began in 2001. The largest increase in vacancies was in the retail sector and...
13 Oct 2021
Fast fashion retailer H&M will be implementing a virtual in-store fitting feature into a select number of its German stores, in a technology partnership with NeXR Technologies SE and its Berlin-based innovation lab H&Mbeyond. Starting with a test phase of the application AvatarCloud Fashion, a Fusion 3 body scanner will be implemented into the...
1 Oct 2021
Despite the shortages of petrol and panic buying at supermarkets, the UK saw a rise in footfall across all retail destinations, according to the latest figures from Springboard. Visitor numbers were up 2.7 percent over last week, with high street seeing the biggest increase of 3,7 percent and shopping centres 2.3 percent. In central London,...
28 Sep 2021
British retailer Marks and Spencer has introduced its new autumn/winter campaign ‘Anything but Ordinary’, as part of the brand’s goal to refresh its image and reach new audiences. Alongside the campaign, the retailer has introduced a new collection complete with staple styles and seasonal products. A particular highlight, as noted by Marks and...
9 Sep 2021
Apparel and lifestyle retailer Banana Republic has revealed a new look for the brand, reminiscent of its global heritage and with the goal of transforming the label’s roots into a modern style. The 43 year old brand will be remodelling its customer experience, through updated apparel design, digital transformations and in-store upgrades. Its...
7 Sep 2021
Fashion retailer New Look announced it has selected Mike Coupe as its new non-executive chairman. Coupe will replace Alistair McGeorge, this September 29, who has been with the company for a total of seven years. McGeorge served as chairman from 2011 to 2014, returning to the company in 2017 as executive chairman. Early 2020, Alistair stepped...
6 Sep 2021
Five years ago, when BHS collapsed, the UK lost more than 80 percent of its department store presence. That gap has not yet been filled, with 237 sites still vacant. Data compiled by CoStar Group, a commercial property information company, shows chains including BSH, Debenhams, House of Fraser and Beales had 467 stores between them five years...
30 Aug 2021
From next week the UK is to allow fully vaccinated visitors from the European Union and United States to arrive without needing to quarantine, a huge boost for the retail, travel and tourist industries. BIRA, the British Independent Retailers Associations, is putting some weight behind the Shop Out to Help Out scheme, another retail boost,...
29 Jul 2021
The pandemic has exacerbated financial debts forced onto many independent high street stores and retail companies. A ‘tsunami’ of new store closures in the next quarter could be possibe, unless the government intervenes. The grim statistics come from Mr Bill Grimsey, the former boss of Iceland, Wickes and Focus DIY. According to Mr Grimsey,...
16 Jul 2021
As UK lockdown restrictions continued to ease this week the latest data from retail experts Springboard reveals that footfall in UK retail destinations rose by 4.1 percent from the week before between 5pm and 12am. Up to 5pm on Monday footfall across all retail destinations declined from the same day in the week before by -3 percent, but from...
19 May 2021
Bangladesh in 2021 remains a garment manufacturing hub for the world’s leading high street and mid-market brands. It is also a region with a well-documented history of factory incidents and unsafe workplaces for its garment workers. After the Rana Plaza factory collapse in 2013, which killed over 1,100 workers, the Accord on Fire and Building...
12 May 2021
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