Fashion retail industry mobilises to address global PPE shortages
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic leads to shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) worldwide, a number of fashion retailers and manufacturers are mobilising their...
Easter spending set to fall by £198 million as Corona financial pressures hit
Brits are set to spend £902 million on Easter this year, according to shopping comparison site finder.com. However, this is a decrease of £198...
COVID-19 pandemic will put sustainability concerns on hold
Sustainability was the buzz word of 2019 and would have continued to increase in prominence in 2020. However, the global outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Online channel may not be the saviour clothing retailers hoped for
Since the UK Government enforced stores to close for the foreseeable future, many non-food retailers hoped that customers would divert spend onto their online...
Food deliveries top 200,000 a week as DPD responds to Covid-19 emergency
Parcel delivery firm DPD says it expects food and NHS deliveries to increase rapidly in the coming weeks, following a new tie up with...
GO Outdoors rebrands as GO Indoors in support of the NHS and Government coronavirus...
Retail giant GO Outdoors has temporarily rebranded and launched a video urging consumers to stay at home and protect the NHS, with the Met...
Superdrug launches new same-day courier service
This week Superdrug has introduced a new same-day courier service to meet the urgent needs of customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The retailer, which...
eCommerce orders up 23% year-on-year as self-isolation drives shoppers online
Independent online retailers in the UK are taking, on average, 23% more orders this March than in 2019, according to new data from James...
Ted Baker announces Rachel Osborne as Chief Executive Officer.
Ted Baker, the global lifestyle brand, today announces the appointment of Rachel Osborne as Chief Executive Officer.
Rachel, whose appointment will be effective immediately, has...
UK retailers to accept new £45 contactless limit
The banking industry group UK Finance announced the deployment of the new £45 contactless limit across UK retailers from 1 April 2020.
The contactless payment...
