Aldi’s popular in-store Scottish Beer Festival is back, featuring a line-up of 31 craft beers from 15 local breweries across Scotland.
Available in stores from today (Thursday 1st October), the 22nd Beer Festival will take place in all 92 Scottish stores in a deal worth over £90,000 to the breweries involved. Aldi shoppers will have the chance to try a range...
With over 180 stores across the UK and Ireland, strategic alliances with brands such as Iceland, the roll-out of their very own luxury Kitchen Showrooms, and a trading history that stretches back over 30 years; The Range is now set to launch their latest business venture. This Autumn, The Range will allow trusted third-party partners to sell via their...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a monumental impact on almost every part of our lives but one thing it hasn’t been able to decimate is international shipping. It might have resulted in delays and there are certainly going to be social distancing measures expected at both ends of the transaction but generally speaking, international couriers have been allowed to...
The opportunity for criminals to take advantage of COVID-19 face covering requirements presents a security challenge for commercial premises. The Face Recognition Company (FRC) is addressing that challenge with the addition of a new “unmasking” capability to its multi-camera face-recognition security system.
Designed for a wide range of commercial environments, from retail outlets and hospitals to sports arenas and hotels,...
A lack of training has left frontline retail associates underprepared to perform during the pandemic, research from the latest report from Axonify, the modern training and communication solution for frontline associates, has revealed.
Original research of over 2,000 frontline workers in its ‘The State of Frontline Employee Training 2020’ report showed that while 87% of UK retail store associates have...
Whilst Black Friday once centered around eager shoppers flocking to high streets to make their purchases, the current pandemic means customers will be relying on online methods to find their deals.
As consumers shift from an offline focus, businesses must respond quickly to the increasing popularity of e-commerce transactions to remain relevant to customers and ensure they can capture the...
Following what can only be described as a turbulent start to the year, recent weeks have seen green shoots of recovery for retail. In fact, last month, sales were up 3.9% compared with August last year – showing many businesses rebounding from lockdown.
As the dust begins to settle, and a potentially record-breaking peak season on the horizon, new opportunities...
Progetto Quid is a small fashion business in Verona, Italy that provides employment opportunities for women coming out of difficult situations. When the company closed its stores during the lockdown, it started making non-medical masks, safeguarding its business and the future of its workers. Within two months they’d sold 700,000 masks, using Google Ads to reach their customers. As...
Ideal Shopping Direct (ISD), the leading UK multi-channel home shopping retailer and owner of the Create and Craft and Ideal World TV channel has achieved a significant turnaround of the company in the past 12 months; £6.5m profit, 30% ahead of the £5m it predicted earlier in the year.
The company lost £32m the previous year, its underlying profits before...
Online retailer of blinds and curtains, Terrys have launched the ViSULiZR by Terrys, a unique app set to revolutionise how the consumer shops for blinds.
Available to download for free on both iOS and Android devices, the ViSULiZR app allows the user to choose a blind type and then view how the blind will look in the window at home.
The...