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“Building for the future”: Inside Endeavour Group’s plan for digital

Inside Retail

And while the business’ sales stayed flat compared to FY21, Endeavour Group has managed to diversify itself across the alcohol retail space, with a number of new brands and offers now online, signalling new potential moving forward. Compared to the beginning of Fy20, before Covid-19 hit, retail sales were up 12.7

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E-commerce teams: The unseen keys to success

Inside Retail

Despite most shops being closed, retail sales rose 11 per cent during lockdown, largely because people didn’t have much else to spend money on. Clothing retail went up 20 per cent, even though people had nowhere to go.

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Movers & Shakers Q&A with Simon Leesley, MD for UK at Stitch Fix

Retail Insider

A current example of this is balancing the trade-off between continued investments in the core business and that of innovating our customer experience and expanding into new geographies. Clearly customers have become accustomed to the convenience of shopping online, given the many advancements brands have made to their offerings.

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