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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U.K Partywear label Rare London have launched their debut loungewear collection for SS21.
The brand, who have amassed a host of celebrity fans including Beyonce, Nicole Scherzinger and Little Mix have created the casual collection in response to the current climate of multiple lockdowns.
With occasions on hold right now and more time spent at home, Rare London has seized the...
The days of hitting the shopping centres to browse for bargains are few and far between. Consumers are flocking online, and spending more time browsing and buying digitally rather than on the aisles of their favourite brick and mortar stores.
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, online shopping has seen massive growth, with no signs of slowing. Research...
Klarna UK has launched a campaign, championing consumers who are managing their spending responsibly, supporting regulation and challenging common stereotypes.
With a series of eye-catching billboards, Klarna highlights popular fallacies and social stereotypes, including, “Pink is for girls” and “Millenials are useless with money”. The hoarding goes on to clarify that colour has no gender and that millennials actually save...
Online fashion retailer Asos is in 'exclusive' talks to buy a number of the UK’s best-known high street brands including Topshop, Topman and Miss Selfridge out of administration.
The news renews fears for the future of most of TopShop's workforce, given ASOS's status as a pure-play digital retailer. It is believed that the talks don't include the physical locations, but...