Amazon is planning to create another 1,250 jobs across the UK as part of a major expansion.
The business will hire new staff for its offices in London and Manchester, as well as its “tech hubs” in Cambridge and Edinburgh, and it will also be looking for staff across its UK fulfilment centres.
The US online retail giant has already created...
Britons used their payment cards more last weekend than at any point since Christmas 2019, before the pandemic struck, according to new data.
Barclaycard, which processes £1 in every £3 spent on debit and credit cards in the UK, said that the number of transactions was 14.4% higher this bank holiday weekend than the same time last year.
It was even...
WH Smith said its sales for the past year are expected to be “slightly ahead” of expectations as its travel business continued its recovery in recent weeks.
The retail group revealed that total sales in the six months to August 31 were 65% of pre-pandemic levels from the same period in 2019.
It said it was boosted by improvement in the...
The Hexcite Group has announced the launch of its sustainability commitment, Target :: 2025, outlining four key sustainability and carbon reduction targets by 2025.
As consumer attention focuses on sustainability post-pandemic, putting pressure on brands and services to treat the planet as responsibly as possible, the group is committing to major targets to support fair and green manufacturing and production.
This will include:
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Leading UK garden centre group Blue Diamond has today (31st August) announced a new partnership with Customer Interaction Management specialists Critizr, to drive an improved customer experience across its fast-growing portfolio of outlets.
Blue Diamond operates 37 garden centres in England and the Channel Islands and is the second-largest garden centre group in the UK, renowned for the high quality...
Pet food seller Jollyes said it will create around 150 new jobs as it opens 20 new shops to deal with increased demand from Britons who bought animals during the pandemic.
The company said that it had seen significant growth over the past two years and was accelerating its plans by opening the new sites within the next 18 months.
It...
Wunderkind, formerly BounceX, the leading performance marketing channel that delivers one-to-one messages at scale, has announced the launch of a strategic integration with Klaviyo, the customer data and marketing automation platform that delivers more personalised experiences across owned-marketing channels.
The strategic integration allows brands and retailers to leverage Wunderkind’s ability to scale eCommerce revenue through high-performing, one-to-one email sends, while keeping both...
Users of iOS who pay for services in-app could soon receive email offers about buying outside Apple’s marketplace, allowing developers to bypass the technology giant’s fees.
The move is one of several concessions proposed by the iPhone maker to resolve a class-action suit from US developers and comes amid investigations by regulators into alleged anti-competitive behaviour.
But critics have called it...
Supermarkets and hauliers have warned that shoppers could face long-term higher prices for food as result of systemic changes to the supply chain.
Bosses at the Road Haulage Association have told the PA news agency the “substantial” pay rises offered by firms in need of new drivers could force supermarket bosses to pass the costs on to customers.
Hauliers have warned...
The limit on contactless payments is set to rise for the second time in less than two years from October as the Government tries to get people to spend more in shops.
Shoppers will be able to pay up to £100 using their contactless cards from October 15, trade body UK Finance said.
The increase had already been announced by the...