Hollister Co., the global teen retailer, today announced its partnership with The Mix, a UK charity dedicated to providing essential support to under 25s, in aid of World Teen Mental Wellness Day on 2nd March 2021. The partnership will kick off with exclusive World Teen Mental Wellness Day products, with 100% of its net profits* in the UK benefitting the nonprofit. World...
In a bold move intended to help in the fight against climate change, one independent retailer is seeking funding to help become the first in the UK to produce a clothing range made from seaweed fibre.
Inland Sea is the brainchild of keen surfer and outdoor enthusiast, Adam Costello. He opened the business in 2017, after being concerned about the...
Reports on the decline of physical retail stores and rise of online shopping have been circulating for years, which has only been worsened by the detrimental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. However, as we’ve seen in many recent papers, such as Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s How We Shop report which predicts more than half of retail stores will be dedicated...
ASOS has announced it is paying a total of £330m for the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands, plus stock following the collapse of the Arcadia empire last year.
Around 300 employees will transfer to ASOS, but 70 stores, employing 2,500 people, are not included in the deal.
Chief executive Nick Beighton said: "We are extremely proud to be the...
The upper limit on contactless payments could be increased to £100. You can currently touch and pay with Contactless for amounts up to £45 without entering a PIN.
It is thought the increase would help reduce the spread of covid-19 by limiting the need to touch surfaces. In April 2020 the upper limit was moved from £30 to £45 in response...
High street stationery chain Paperchase could be salvaged this week in a pre-pack rescue deal led by private equity giant Permira.
According to Sky News the deal will reportedly see the majority of the stores in Paperchase’s portfolio saved – approximately 90 out of 125 – meaning 1000 jobs will also be saved.
Paperchase was founded in the United Kingdom, but...
Critizr, Europe’s leader in customer interaction management, has today (26th January) announced the acquisition of Dublin-based retail customer experience and messaging start-up ServiceDock.
The deal, completed at the end of December 2020 for an undisclosed sum, will strengthen Critizr’s position within UK and Irish markets, as well as augmenting the capabilities of the Critizr Connection platform with ServiceDock’s advanced instant...
Research from Bazaarvoice, reveals visual and social user-generated content is driving online retail purchases. The new report, ‘A picture’s worth a thousand purchases’, finds that in addition to social media, almost three quarters (74%) of consumers prefer to see previous customers’ photos and videos on brand and retailer websites, rather than professionally shot images.
The findings, based on responses from...
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PrettyLittleThing has launched its new FACE MASK HOODIE, perfect for those people who reach the shops and then realise they don't have a mask to hand. PrettyLittleThing saw a huge increase in people searching for a masked hoodie, with over 20,000 searches for the term on their website.
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