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EDITORIAL Latest figures show a big return to stores – after a year in which online retailers have grown fast

20 Apr 2021by Chloe Rigby

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6 post-pandemic payment trends and how they are impacting Missguided

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Feelunique reports record-breaking year as shoppers turn online to buy beauty products in lockdown

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6 post-pandemic payment trends and how they are impacting Missguided

20 Apr 2021by Paul Skeldon

In the week that stores in the UK have reopened, the retail industry is looking more closely than ever at how it has been reshaped by the pandemic and what trends have emerged – and what impact they will have – as we all move on.

Feelunique reports record-breaking year as shoppers turn online to buy beauty products in lockdown

20 Apr 2021by Chloe Rigby

The beauty ecommerce platform today reports total sales of £103.5m in a trading statement for the year to March 29 – 26% up on the previous year. The fastest growth was in its marketplace sales

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Primark reports record sales in England and Wales in the week after opening from lockdown – and plans digital investment to support store expansion plans

20 Apr 2021by Chloe Rigby

More than half of its individual stores broke their own sales records, says Associated British Foods (ABF), as shoppers returned in-store at a time when more than half of the UK population is at least part-vaccinated

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How Decathlon, Asos, Mulberry and Aldi are making their businesses more sustainable UPDATED

20 Apr 2021by Chloe Rigby

With sustainability now a priority for many shoppers, Top500 retailers are innovating to cut their carbon footprints. Asos, Decathlon, Mulberry and Aldi are the latest to unveil new initiatives

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Shoppers return to buy as England and Wales emerge from lockdown 3.0: Hammerson/Springboard

20 Apr 2021by Chloe Rigby

Hammerson today says that customers are returning to its shopping centres in England as retail reopens from lockdown 3.0. Footfall at its top destinations is still at around 80% of on the same week in 2019 - but it is well up on the numbers that visited as the UK emerged from the first lockdown, back in June. That’s a result that’s also reflected in Springboard figures out this week.

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Studio Retail sells Findel Education and sets out strategy targeting £1bn in annual sales

19 Apr 2021by Chloe Rigby

Studio Retail has set out its strategy as it targets annual sales of £1bn, after a record twelve months in which its pre-tax profits are expected to be at least 75% ahead of the previous year

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As stores reopen, are shoppers returning – and what are the implications for online sales?

16 Apr 2021by Chloe Rigby

Five days after shops have reopened, the appetite to shop in store seems at least initially to be stronger. Vaccinations appear to be giving new levels of reassurance to customers, especially those who were previously vulnerable to Covid-19. But what are the implications for the fast ecommerce growth that retailers have seen over the last year?

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Ocado plans robotic in-kitchen deliveries and self-driving delivery vehicles as it takes £10m stake in autonomous technology specialist

16 Apr 2021by Chloe Rigby

The grocer-cum-technology company says today that last mile deliveries and kerb-to-kitchen robots are among the options for a partnership that will collaborate on both hardware and software interfaces for autonomous vehicles. Use cases also include vehicles to work inside Ocado’s customer fulfilment centres (CFC). It says the move will not affect its current hiring or staffing plans

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AO World says ‘brave and bold’ expansion early in the pandemic helped it grow full-year sales by more than 60%

15 Apr 2021by Chloe Rigby

AO World says decisions to invest in capacity and infrastructure early in the Covid-19 pandemic helped it to grow sales by more than 60% in its latest financial year

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THG reports 41% in full-year sales as shoppers shifted online to buy – and more brands used its technology to develop their own digital business

15 Apr 2021by Chloe Rigby

THG today reported full-year sales up by 41% after shoppers shifted online during Covid-19 lockdowns to buy the beauty and nutrition product its brands sell. At the same time, a growing number of brands used its technologies in order to develop their own digital capabilities. But at the bottom line, it reported a pre-tax loss as it handed equity to its staff following its stockmarket flotation

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