H&M’s weekly sales figures show that is slowly starting to recover from the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in China but there has clearly not been an immediate bounceback. Retailers must therefore consider their store reopening schedule post isolation measures, and whether consumer demand post peak-pandemic will be sufficient to support the cost of operating all stores straight away,...
North East based clothing company, Barbour has begun producing PPE garments to support the local NHS Trusts in the fight against COVID-19.
Working with the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) which was the first hospital to treat UK patients suffering from Coronavirus in January 2020, the Barbour factory based in South Shields has begun to make an initial quantity of disposable...
New research reveals that despite nine in 10 (93%) believing it’s important to now reduce how often they go out shop, the nation is continuing to panic buy certain items – a quarter (26%) have bought more toilet paper than usual in the past week, rising to a third (29%) when it comes to store cupboard items such as...
Where The Trade Buys, one of the UK’s leading printing companies, has launched a campaign to show support for the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic.
As part of our ‘Together We Are Stronger’ campaign, we are calling on people to print off our posters and colour them in, to your own tastes, and share them on social media.
The campaign launch...
The coronavirus pandemic has prompted a major spike in online orders of sporting goods, hardware, software, toys and games according to new analysis from digital marketing business Bazaarvoice, which has analysed data from its global network of more than 6,200 brand and retailer websites.
Orders of sporting goods in March increased 86% year-on-year, as consumers look for ways to keep...
An Easter weekend with warm weather forecast would normally be a retailer’s dream but this year the COVID-19 lockdown measures in the UK will severely hinder Easter trading says GlobalData.
Sofie Willmott, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Over three quarters of UK consumers made an Easter purchase in 2019 however we expect figures to fall significantly this year as consumers...
TOMS has announced the brand will be donating one-third of net profits to the COVID-19 Global Giving Fund* created to support long-time Giving Partners currently on the frontlines of the COVID-19 health crisis.
As of April 1st, every TOMS purchase will directly support Giving Partners that are responding to COVID-19, both in the UK and abroad. For every £3 TOMS makes, they will...
Online retailers and their carriers are delivering parcels almost 20% faster than usual, with the average delivery time reducing from 2.1 days to 1.7 days in the last two weeks, according to new internal data released today from parcelLab.
As the ongoing coronavirus crisis continues to unfold, the speed at which parcels from online orders are being delivered is showing...
British professionals are just as likely to wish for a high-stakes career in the armed forces as they are to desire a job in the retail sector, a new survey has shown.
The results suggest that retail leaders could be doing more to communicate the appeal of careers in this field - especially at a time when the global COVID-19...
YourParkingSpace.co.uk, the on-demand parking platform, has joined forces with property businesses including Hammerson Plc and Canary Wharf Group to provide NHS workers with free parking across the UK.
By registering on YourParkingSpace, NHS workers are provided with a unique code which enables them to use their NHS credentials to reserve spaces in over 900 car parks nationwide.
There are 943 car...