Shoppers will return to high street, ‘but it will be a different place’
The high street will remain an important outlet for business after the pandemic, but will be a “different place”, Samsung’s corporate vice president for...
More than a quarter of payments in 2020 were contactless as cash use plunged
More than one in every four payments last year were contactless as cash use plunged, according to figures from a trade association.
Coins and banknotes...
Prime Day ripe for companies not named Amazon
Prime Day has become an increasingly important retail event in the UK, as much for consumers as it is for Amazon’s publicity and profits.
Last...
Retail needs a new operating system
Few sectors were hit as hard by the COVID-19 outbreak as retail. Analysis by Tradeshift shows that the volume of transactions across retail supply...
Scotland’s shopping footfall ‘still languishing 25% below pre-pandemic levels’
Footfall at Scotland’s shops is still languishing around 25% below the levels recorded before the coronavirus pandemic, according to new figures.
The Scottish Retail Consortium...
For today’s customers, what’s the point of points?
As Morrisons makes significant changes to its loyalty scheme, it’s time to reassess what’s really important to customers, says Swapi Founder and CEO Pete...
Let communities and councils decide what happens on their local High Street
The government should give communities more say over their local high streets’ future and enable councils to support them to do this.
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GUESS Europe launches the Guess Z Lab, in collaboration with the Lifestyle-Tech Competence Center...
GUESS Europe, the Lifestyle-Tech Competence Center (LTCC), and Microsoft are proud to announce the launch of the GUESS Z Lab, an innovative concept conceived...
Violence and abuse against shopworkers surges
Violence and abuse against shopworkers surged last year and gathered pace further as the enforcement of coronavirus measures such as face masks and social...
High Street footfall shows cautious signs of recovery as hospitality ‘halo’ begins to take...
Retail footfall saw a welcome boost across retail parks, shopping centres and High Streets during the first weekend of indoor hospitality reopening, the latest...