The most extreme back-to-school season ever, plus higher food and home improvement sales drove UK consumer spending higher last month, Barclaycard said on Tuesday.
French Connection’s interim results on Tuesday didn't make happy reading as the six months ending July 31 saw the majority of its trading period impacted by the pandemic and sales plunged, although e-tail was up.
Retail has avoided another wave of enforced closures for now as the UK government has announced a new set of lockdown rules for England. But those rules are likely to suppress interest in shopping.
Amsterdam-based concept store Six and Sons is to open a very-short-term London branch at the end of this month with a three-day pop-up. The store will open “prior to selecting a permanent space in London”.
The list of potential bidders for Debenhams has got smaller with news that deep-pocketed Reliance Retail has dropped out. It's also been suggested that the owner of its Oxford Street store wants to break the lease.
The American social networking giant has announced the launch of its Season of Support for small businesses, kicking off the initiative with the #BuyBlack Friday campaign supporting Black-owned businesses.
Wool Week is now in full swing, with leading fashion and knitwear brands launching limited-edition creations designed by students from across the UK.
Supima, in a smart response to the pandemic, staged its annual celebration Design Lab entirely online on Thursday, as the organization looked forward to its next participation at this month’s Hyères Festival.
A committee of MPs has written to the UK’s Chancellor asking for evidence behind The Treasury’s decision to end tax-free shopping for tourists in its current form.
Amazon’s Prime Day discount event usually has the ability to deliver some surprises and with the delayed event due to happen on October 13 and 14, there’s a prediction it could be much smaller than in previous years.
Retail landlord British Land said Friday that all of its retail assets and 86% of stores are now open and retailer sales are at 90% of this time last year.
H&M Group is continuing its international rollout for one of its newer brands, Arket, with the “modern-day market and lifestyle destination” set to debut in South Korea.
Value Retail's boss says axing VAT reclaim is wrong and that there's no appetite for the alternative ship-to-home option. Meanwhile, another commentator has accused the government of a misleading consultation process.
Footfall to retail destinations in the five weeks to October 3 continued to strengthen overall compared to recent months, but remained well below the levels of a year ago.
Retail giant The Very Group has returned to profit and said its revenue has risen above £2 billion for the first time ever in the year to the end of June.
