Convenience stores are often there when we need them for some top-up shopping, but now they offer so much more.
- Professor of Retail Studies, University of Stirling
The rapid rise of online shopping is slowing but internet retail is here to stay.
UK retailers had a happier Christmas than expected, but consumers are changing how they shop due to the rising cost of living.
Since the 2010s boosting retail has been the government’s primary remedy for better high street health. Without centering the community these street serve, though, plans are likely to fail.
When a High Street stalwart falls by the wayside, don’t rush to mourn the slow death of town centre shopping.
The supermarket giant has posted a record loss. But this could be the start of something new.
Advent – the season of preparing for Christmas – has only just begun. But the build up to the consumption bonanza that Christmas has come to represent, started weeks ago. And to give retailers a December…
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