Published on September 17th, 2021 | by The GC Team
“…shoppers were quick to return to the internet to beat High Street shortages” Retail sales volumes fell by 0.9% in August, but were 4.6% higher than their pre-pandemic February 2020 levels, the Office for National Statistics ... Read More →
Published on September 17th, 2021 | by The GC Team
Dixons has appointed a Director of Stores to focus on driving the business’s omnichannel strategy with a customer-centric approach to optimise store performance. Michelle Gorringe-Smith, who has been with the company since 2014, steps into the ... Read More →
Published on September 16th, 2021 | by The GC Team
The first six months of 2021 saw the independent store market return to growth for the first time since 2017 as entrepreneurs took advantage of the availability of retail units and the sector gained from increased ... Read More →
Published on September 16th, 2021 | by The GC Team
The John Lewis Partnership (John Lewis and Waitrose) reduced its pre-tax losses to £29 million (incl. exceptional items) for the first half of its financial year, but warned of “significant uncertainty” due to supply chain challenges ... Read More →
Published on September 15th, 2021 | by The GC Team
The Exclusively Show 2021, which was postponed from June this year and took place at The Business Design Centre, Islington on 24th and 25th August, attracted a higher-than-expected number and quality of attendees, according to information ... Read More →
Published on September 15th, 2021 | by The GC Team
The John Lewis Partnership is recruiting more than 7,000 temporary roles – 2,000 more than last year – in a number of areas of its business to meet increased demand over the festive period. The temporary ... Read More →
Published on September 14th, 2021 | by The GC Team
Optimal Audio, the commercial audio brand launched by Focusrite Group earlier this year, has appointed Raf Willems as Head of Sales and Channel Marketing EMEA. Willems has had a twenty-year career in the industry, which ... Read More →
Published on September 13th, 2021 | by The GC Team
The start of the school term and the return to work of those on holiday led to a week-on-week decline in retail footfall, but comparisons on the same week in 2020 were up 14.6%. The fall ... Read More →
Published on September 9th, 2021 | by The GC Team
The importance of customer reviews to any online selling operation is highlighted by new research – commissioned by Checkatrade – that shows nearly half of adults (46%) never purchase anything online without checking reviews first, and ... Read More →
Published on September 9th, 2021 | by The GC Team
The growth in retail sales seen over the past few months slowed in August but the bank holiday weekend at the end of the month and the “back-to-school buzz” reportedly contributed to a rise in non-food ... Read More →
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