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Lightspeed Announces Direct Selling and Advertising on TikTok via Ecwid

Lightspeed Commerce Inc. has announced that Lightspeed eCommerce merchants using the recently acquired Ecwid integration can sell to consumers directly through TikTok. “Lightspeed acquired Ecwid in...

Call for furnishing industry to further raise bar on recycling

Mattress Online saved more than 40,000 mattresses going to landfill in the last year but the innovative retailer says the furnishings industry must go...

Barclays calls for more robust regulation of all buy-now-pay-later products

Barclays is calling for more robust regulation of all buy-now-pay-later products as new research suggests the lack of consistent affordability assessments among short term...

Buy now, pay later firms making contract terms fairer and easier to understand

Some buy now, pay later firms have agreed to change terms in their customer contracts to make them fairer and easier to understand. The Financial...

Studio Retail Group to file for administration

Studio Retail Group, which counts Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group as its biggest investor, is to hire administrators after failing to secure an urgent £25...

Greggs raise stakes with Primark fashion collection

High street bakery chain Greggs is to launch a fashion collection in a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Primark. A limited-edition range of 11 clothing items will...

Oak Furnitureland sets out series of new initiatives on sustainability journey

Britain’s biggest hardwood furniture retailer today announces a series of new initiatives and the creation of a new Head of Sustainability role, as it...

Shoppers see sharpest price rises since 2012 as cost of living crisis bites

Shoppers have been hit by the highest price rises in almost 10 years after shop inflation almost doubled over the past month, new data...

How Flexible Retail will help save the High Street

For years retail real estate has been a safe place to invest cash for a long-term, low-risk return. Yet over time more risk has...

Joules sales up but profits dented by Covid costs and supply chain issues

High street fashion retailer Joules has said sales are up but extra costs mean profits will be well below those predicted after it suffered...