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How 4G will revolutionise our retail experience 27 Aug 2013 | 08:25 pm
Digital technology has already transformed the way we shop – in-store, online and everything in between. In fact, over 50 per cent of our purchases are now influenced by digital services at some stage...
UK pubs must make ‘digital shift’ - new report 27 Aug 2013 | 04:52 pm
A new report has revealed that British pubs are failing to keep up with the young, digitally-savvy population, now dubbed “Generation Y” or The Millennials, putting them at risk of alienating this cru...
Tesco given go-ahead for online depot 27 Aug 2013 | 04:21 pm
Supermarket giant Tesco has been granted planning permission for an 24 hour online food-shopping distribution centre. The planned development is on a 12-acre site at Milton Hill, near Abingdon, in Ox...
John Lewis to open new London store 27 Aug 2013 | 03:47 pm
John Lewis is said to be close to agreeing a deal to open its fourth department store in London at an extension of the Westfield shopping centre. According to the Daily Telegraph, the retailer is sai...
Retailers hire Arabic speaking staff to help shopping boom 27 Aug 2013 | 03:13 pm
Middle Eastern shoppers are beating the Chinese to be the number one shopper group leading tax free spend in the UK this year, according to a report from shopping tourism company Global Blue. Interna...
Karen Millen and David Bailey team up 27 Aug 2013 | 02:07 pm
Luxury clothing brand Karen Millen is to go ‘to the next level’ as it expands its senior management team ahead of international expansion. The fashion brand currently has 372 stores across 55 countri...
38 per cent increase in coupon redemptions 23 Aug 2013 | 04:48 pm
Britain is increasingly becoming a nation of coupon users as coupons and vouchers redemptions saw a rise of 38 per cent in the first half of 2013 compared to last year, according to UK coupon company ...
Diary watch: Argos 23 Aug 2013 | 04:22 pm
General merchandise store Argos has begun a huge revamp of its business in a five year plan that will see it invest heavily over the next five years. The retailer, which is owned by Home Retail Group...
John Lewis Partnership to pay out £40m to staff 23 Aug 2013 | 03:53 pm
John Lewis Partnership is to repay £40m to staff after it reviewed its pay policy and realised it was not paying them correctly. Around 69,000 Partners will receive an additional payment this month a...
'Endemic’ problem on high street 23 Aug 2013 | 02:57 pm
Six high street furniture and carpet retailers have been accused of misleading their customers through inflated reference pricing. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said the stores, which include Carp...
