Reports

Rapid delivery and ecommerce investment to help boost online grocery sales by more than a fifth by 2027: IGD

14 Jun 2022

Rapid delivery and other ecommerce investments will help online grocery sales growth to outpace the wider sector over the next five years, a new IDG...

Analyst Brands Delivery Ecommerce Focus Grocery Online Other UK

Poundland expands Poundshop team as it prepares to launch UK-wide ecommerce service

Strategy and Innovation

10 Jun 2022

by Chloe Rigby

The news comes as Poundland parent company Pepco this week reports rising first-half sales, but flags up the effect of inflation on sales in...

Covid-19 Ecommerce EU Europe Focus Online Press UK

How the cost-of-living and climate crises are combining to make secondhand clothing a growing area of fashion retail

Sustainability

30 May 2022

by Chloe Rigby

Brands Clothing Covid-19 Customer Focus Growth 2000 Marketing Online People Product Products Research Sustainability UK

Ted Baker sales rise and losses narrow as it takes omnichannel, capital-light approach to sales growth

Strategy and Innovation

26 May 2022

by Chloe Rigby

The retailer is now seeing a recovery in spending as offices reopen and social events return post-pandemic

Clothing Customer Ecommerce Europe Events Focus Marketing Online Product Research Retailer The Customer UK

Royal Mail sees rising demand for seven day a week parcel deliveries – and is talking to unions about structural change

Delivery

19 May 2022

by Chloe Rigby

Covid-19 Customer Delivery Ecommerce EU Focus International Online People UK

Land Securities ‘increasingly confident’ on the future of prime retail

Location

17 May 2022

by Chloe Rigby

The property development company still believes 25% of UK retail space is surplus to requirements

Annual Brands Covid-19 Customer Focus Industry Online UK

Behind the scenes at Dowsing & Reynolds

Industry

11 May 2022

by Scarlette Isaac

Analyst Brands Customer Ecommerce Focus Garden Growth 2000 Home and Garden Marketplaces Online Other People Products Retailer

Online sales growth stalls following pandemic: IMRG

Industry

10 May 2022

by Chloe Rigby

Online sales in April 2022 were 12% lower than a year ago, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Sales report

Brands Clothing Customer Focus Garden Growth 2000 Health Home and Garden Manager Online Other People Senior Manager UK

UK retailers issuing profit warnings at the highest rate since the early months of the pandemic: analysis

Industry

3 May 2022

by Chloe Rigby

The EY-Parthenon Profit Warnings report finds that UK-listed companies have issued 72 profit warnings so far this year, the highest quarterly figure since...