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We’re sorry for your delayed gratification

It seems that whatever we want to buy – from fridges to sofas to cars to phones – there’s one thing that comes free...

Retailers rethink returns policies as increase in ‘serial returners’ impacts bottom line

Over a quarter of retailers (26 per cent) have seen an increase in the volume of goods being returned in the last two years,...

Festive Online Revenues Surge by 11.3% Amid Improved Consumer Confidence, Extended Discounts, and Christmas...

Improving consumer confidence, early Boxing Day discounting and looming delivery deadlines for Christmas orders saw ecommerce revenues rally last week, according to the latest...

International Markets Leading Demand for UK Brands Have Highest Global Concentration of Omnichannel Shoppers,...

Cross-border shoppers from the international markets which purchase the most from UK brands and retailers are also among those with the highest concentration of...

Mall Overhaul

Shopping malls are where you can find everything under one roof. They have been with us for decades, but are these – usually gigantic...

How Unified Commerce Is Reshaping Retail: 5 Lessons From Shopify

At Visualsoft’s recent event, sync, one of the key themes was how retailers can simplify complexity without losing the human touch. In a session led by Matthias...

Out & About: SEPHORA Opens Third UK Store with Grand Launch Event at Manchester’s...

SEPHORA, the renowned beauty retailer, celebrated the debut of its third UK store in Manchester's Trafford Centre with an exclusive launch event. The event...

ASOS targets lucrative £2.5bn UK sports clothing market

The latest report states that the total UK clothing market will rise by just 2.1% this year, demonstrating the extent to which sportswear is outperforming...

Voice commerce and the opportunity for retail

Voicetech has quickly gone from a ‘nice to have’ side-project for businesses to being poised to become a legitimate, key channel; both in terms...

Is digital transformation the future of retail?

“Digital transformation in retail should be at the core of every strategy, regardless of whether a retailers’ primary storefronts are online or physical buildings....