Fashion and lifestyle brand hush have launched their new ecommerce website, using the Salesforce platform.
The new mobile first site has been designed with the handheld user in mind, making the site x6 faster for those browsing via mobile, and with the introduction of the digital payment and wallet service Apple Pay for increased IOS convenience.
Rupert Youngman, Managing Director of...
Online food and drink retailer Approved Food is teaming up with a speciality food producer to raise £10,000 for NHS charities.
Customers shopping with the Barnsley-based business will be able to snap up one of a specially produced range of hand-decorated Health Care Heroes gingerbread men for £1, with every penny going to NHS Charities Together. With 4,000 initially on...
Some businesses are strictly local and have no need to sell goods online. Others are purely ecommerce-based and will never open a retail location. Finally, some straddle the middle; offering customers the chance to buy both online and in-person in the shop. Regardless of the type of retail business you operate, you are going to need a great website...
Experienced business leaders have a lot to offer. Not only can they bring their skills and experience to the business they are leading, but they can also share them with the people that comprise that business. Below, we have outlined how any business leader can improve their value as a mentor to employees.
Establish Expectations Immediately
When you first start mentoring...
Event management is a very complex and intricate process. Companies that do event management plan and agonise over every little detail to ensure the success of their events. The way they do this has changed as technology has grown and matured in this space. Now, event management is mostly automated which has the dual effect of cutting costs and...
When Boris referred to our current situation as ‘the biggest peacetime challenge’, it instantly made me wonder what brands did to ‘do their bit’ during World War II and other less peaceful economic times.
While tastes and tactics have changed since the 1940s and even the 2008 financial crisis, the overriding sentiment remains the same – brands must keep the...
Retailers are worried about the AW20 season - and for good reason. With so much uncertainty surrounding the re-opening of non-essential stores and spending at an all-time low, forward orders written in January and February were decided in a wholly different era.
As the UK lockdown continues, the period retailers will be able sell SS20 clothing, even at a discount,...
intu has appointed a chief people officer to its executive team to bring a new focus to its people strategy as part of intu’s five-year strategy.
Vodafone’s former Head of HR James Saunders has taken up the newly-created role to lead intu’s employee experience, and attract, inspire and retain talent within the business.
James has also held senior roles within HR...
Research conducted by new entrant to the UK fintech market, Modularbank, in partnership with market research specialists, OnePoll, has found that 83% of UK consumers claim that technology, that improves payment ease and flexibility, forms an important part of their decision in choosing which retailers, telecoms and utilities companies to give their business to.
In fact, based on a survey...
Searching for a new career can be stressful at the best of times, but during a global pandemic, this is heightened, as concern grows not only for your financial health but also your physical and mental wellbeing.
With many companies closing down or laying off staff at the moment, it might seem like a futile exercise to look for a...