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A week on the high street - 25th May 2022

retail Retail sales across Britain saw an unexpected rise last month, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics. The ...
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A week on the high street - 18th May 2022

retail Ikea is set to adapt its out-of-town stores to double as e-commerce distribution hubs. The furniture and homeware retailer has earmarked €1bn ...
A week on the high street - 10th May 2022

retail Morrisons has agreed a deal with creditors to buy convenience store chain McColl’s out of administration, saving around 1,100 stores. The Issa ...
A week on the high street - 4th May 2022

retail M&S has opened a new concept store on the site of the former Debenhams ‘'store of the future'. The 75,000sq ft store at the Roaring Meg ...

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A week on the high street - 7th September 2021

retail Store visits in the UK rose in August to their highest level since the first lockdown. According to data from the British Retail Consortium and Sensormatic Solutions, total UK footfall rose 10 percentage points from July, reaching the highest ...

5 min Read September 7, 2021

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A week on the high street - 24th August 2021

retail The volume of retail sales dropped 2.5% in July compared with the previous month, according to ONS data. Shoppers spent less on groceries, with sales falling 1.5%, and more on going out, as restrictions on hospitality lifted further. Heavy ...

4 min Read August 24, 2021

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A week on the high street - 17th August 2021

retail German shoe brand Deichmann is looking to expand in the UK. Europe’s biggest shoe retailer, which has been in the UK for 20 years, could double its estate of 109 stores “in the medium to long term”, according to Samuel Deichmann, the ...

4 min Read August 17, 2021

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A week on the high street - 10th August 2021

retail July saw strong retail sales despite spells of bad weather impacting growth rates. According to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor, total sales increased 6.4% in July compared to the same month last year. When compared to the same month in ...

5 min Read August 10, 2021

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A week on the high street - 4th August 2021

retail The world’s first men’s makeup store has opened on London’s Carnaby Street. War Paint for Men, which previously opened a makeup counter at a John Lewis store, aims to enhance men’s confidence and remove the stigma around men wearing makeup, ...

5 min Read August 4, 2021

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A week on the high street - 28th July 2021

retail Pilot schemes aiming to address declining numbers of banks have been running in the UK. The Bank Hub concept brings together staff from five major banks- NatWest, Lloyds, Barclays, HSBC and Santander- to offer drop-in appointments and banking ...

4 min Read July 28, 2021

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A week on the high street - 21st July 2021

retail Supermarket chain Morrisons is to trial its first store without tills. The site near the brand’s Bradford headquarters will allow customers to collect groceries and leave immediately. The new concept involves customers scanning a key in a ...

6 min Read July 21, 2021

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A week on the high street - 14th July 2021

retail UK retail sales saw record growth from April to June this year. Compared with the same quarter in 2019, sales increased 10.4%, the biggest jump since 1995, according to the British Retail Consortium in association with KPMG. The increase was ...

5 min Read July 14, 2021

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A week on the high street - 7th July 2021

retail M&S has introduced its third-party brand offer at its Westfield Stratford City store. The new partnerships with brands such as Fat Face, Phase Eight and Hobbs, the first partnerships of its kind for M&S, were initially launched ...

4 min Read July 7, 2021

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