Retail Focus

MAY 24, 2021

Leek United Building Society has reopened its flagship Derby Street branch following a six-week transformation. The new look branch features several zones where customers can undertake traditional counter transactions, browse products and services, and enjoy relaxed and comfortable conversations in formal and informal meeting spaces. The modern surroundings incorporate an innovative community area for seminars and educational events as well as digital screens and video conferencing facilities.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2021

Clarins opens new boutique at Great World. French skincare brand Clarins has unveiled a new boutique at Great World, a mixed-use development near popular tourist spot Orchard Road in Singapore. The spacious boutique offers the full range of Clarins products, including skincare favourites, body care bestsellers, and the signature Open Spa Service. The suite of treatments available at the third Clarins Open Spa are designed to offer pampering and relaxation to time-poor consumers.

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Retail Focus

MAY 24, 2021

Ed Butler , VP of technology at digital consultancy Appnovation , picks four standout lessons from the pandemic that F&B strategists can learn from. . The events of the past year have sparked a permanent redrawing of the retail landscape, with online grocery sales soaring 91% year-on-year in a four-week period alone in 2020 and over 17 million Brits planning to stick to online shopping even as lockdown eases.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2021

Digital games are designed to be a deliberate environment for play, connection and exploration. But for a long time, the games community has been excluded from mainstream media, with many assuming they’re child’s play. Now, the gaming world is muscling in on fashion marketing and social media, and for good reason. A deep subculture of gamers has existed since the earliest recorded video and computer games of the ’50s and ’60s.

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Retail Focus

MAY 24, 2021

In recent times, online shopping has been booming. In fact, according to a report from the Mastercard Economics Institute , consumers across the globe spent $900 billion more at online retailers in 2020 versus the prior two-year trend. Online shopping certainly has its benefits. Not only is it convenient and allows shoppers to browse for a variety of products with ease, but you can also have items delivered directly to your door without needing to leave the house.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2021

Online shopping startup Little Birdie has received $30 million in funding from the Commonwealth Bank, which will integrate its e-commerce offer into the CommBank app for users to shop while they bank. Little Birdie provides users with over 70 million products to search, compare, and track, and can be notified of price drops, sales events and exclusive offers through AI technology and a community of savvy shoppers.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2021

In the wake of the dramatic shift in trading and operations brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become abundantly clear that many retailers need to scale up their operations to keep pace with the ‘new normal’. And with the businesses that grew through the pandemic having, generally, been the those that were prepared for a quick but seismic shift in operations, such as a bigger push into online than would have otherwise been made, the flexibility of a retailer’s workforce has never been m

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Talking Retail

MAY 24, 2021

Confectionery brand Jealous Sweets has added a Foams range to its portfolio, in a move designed to “empower” retailers and customers with plant-based products made from responsible sourced ingredients. The Foams range consists of two variants – Berry Foams and Juicy Foams – in 125g sharing bags (£2). The brand said 92% of UK consumers. This story continues at Jealous Sweets adds foam sweets to portfolio.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2021

Supermarket giant Coles has joined a coalition of some of the world’s largest liquor companies to promote better standards of alcohol sale and prevent underage consumption through online purchasing. The International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD) aims to address the harm of overconsumption of alcohol on a worldwide scale, and promote the understanding of responsible drinking behaviours.

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Retail Times

MAY 24, 2021

SCOSCHE – (pronounced sk?sh/skohsh) Industries, the #1 Mount Brand and a leading innovator of award-winning consumer technology, powersports and car audio products and accessories, today introduced more than a dozen new, exclusive products in Halfords stores throughout the UK and Ireland.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2021

Google is set to make its bricks-and-mortar debut this summer with the opening of its very first physical retail store in New York City, sparking much interest from retailers globally at a time when so many are moving online. At the Google Store, customers will have the opportunity to browse and buy Google products including Pixel phones, Nest smart devices, Fitbits and Pixelbooks, or simply drop in to collect an online order.

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Retail Times

MAY 24, 2021

Latest figures from retail experts, Springboard, reveals that footfall across UK retail destinations rose by +1.1% last week from the week before, a product of rises in both high streets (+2.4%) and shopping centres (+1%) whilst in retail parks footfall dipped (-1.7%).

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2021

In a year when apparel group VF Corporation experienced a 12-per-cent fall in group sales, its Greater China business saw revenue surge 24 per cent, and the company has strong expectations for the new fiscal year. VF, which owns brands including Vans, The North Face, Timberland, Dickies and Supreme, expects global sales to increase by around 28 per cent in the new financial year as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on retail trading operations in North America and Europe lessens.

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Retail Times

MAY 24, 2021

Fast off the back of its recent success at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC), Vestal Vodka has launched a major social media campaign poking fun at what it calls its ‘noisy neighbours’ in the category.

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Talking Retail

MAY 24, 2021

Funkin Cocktails has launched a range of price-marked packs for its ready-to-drink Nitro Cocktail Cans. The range retails at £1.99 and are available in Passion Fruit Martini, Pina Colada and Strawberry Daiquiri flavours. The format “leverages the popularity” of the nitro-infused range, whilst also capitalising on impulse-driven spending amongst consumers who are “seeking spontaneous drinking.

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Retail Times

MAY 24, 2021

When Wild Cosmetics launched in 2019 it was the UK’s first direct-to-consumer, design-led refillable natural deodorant brand. With a digital first model, Wild was able to buck the pandemic and grow by a staggering 4000% over the last 12 months to reach 150k customers, while selling 750,000 biodegradable deodorants in the process. Now, Wild embarks on its first retail partnership with Sainsbury’s, a grocery exclusive.

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Talking Retail

MAY 24, 2021

Jisp is partnering with Marin’s Quad UK for a digitised point-of-sales marketing and compliance solution for the convenience sector. The digitally-enabled point-of-sale (DE-POS), which combines Jisp’s grocery shopping app with Marin’s bespoke in-store solutions, will allow consumers to redeem pre-existing trade offers between FMCG brands and the UK’s major wholesalers simply by scanning QR codes.

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Retail Times

MAY 24, 2021

Independent retailer, Sivathasan Kailasapillai, is set to open five more stores over the next four months with Co-op, making him the one of a growing numbers of partners of scale for the retailers’ franchise operation.

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Talking Retail

MAY 24, 2021

Retailer Sivathasan Kailasapillai is set to open five Co-op franchise stores over the next four months. Kailasapillai will be growing his portfolio to eight stores, with a total investment of more than £2m, and by the end of the summer will have Co-op stores in Barking in East London, Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, Westhoughton in Greater. This story continues at Retailer invests £2m in new Co-op franchise stores.

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Retail Times

MAY 24, 2021

E-commerce has exploded over the last 12 months and is quickly becoming the primary way many people do all their shopping. Unfortunately, that also means the number of people online with nefarious intentions has grown at a similar pace, so it is more important than ever to ensure the places you choose to spend your money on the internet are safe and reliable.

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Talking Retail

MAY 24, 2021

Nisa is offering its partners a raft of resources designed to support their business and drive sales over the summer period. The materials, which are hosted virtually and are accessible to all partners in a password-protected platform, provide insights, promotional plans, ranging advice, planograms, as well as campaign material for the early summer period.

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Retail Times

MAY 24, 2021

Spar, the leading symbol group in the UK, is celebrating 44 medal wins from five award bodies including the annual IWC, IWSC, ISC, Global Masters and Sud de France Top 100 results.

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Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

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Design Week

MAY 24, 2021

Cleantech company Pluvo has partnered with ad company Kinetic to roll out its flagship product, the Pluvo Column, across the country. Its inventors say that the “ground-breaking” Pluvo Column can scrub one cubic metre of air clean every second. Through a combination of filtering techniques, it claims to clean up to 99% of harmful particulate matter from the air, including noxious gases and airborne viruses.

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Retail Times

MAY 24, 2021

Customers are set to increase their spending once vaccines have been rolled out, according to research by SAS, the leader in analytics. When asked if they would increase their spending, nearly a fifth (17%) said they would, compared to just a tenth (10%) who said they would reduce spending once vaccines were available.

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MAY 24, 2021

Tuesday Morning (Dallas) has named Marc Katz as its interim CFO, according to a government SEC filing. Katz was most recently the CFO at Burlington Stores and replaces Stacie Shirley who left in March 2021. The company is reportedly still searching for a permanent CFO to fill the position. In early May, the company announced it had hired Fred Hand as its CEO, another former Burlington exec.

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Retail Times

MAY 24, 2021

Iceland has extended its giveaway of frozen veg to customers using Healthy Start Vouchers in its stores across England, Wales and Northern Ireland until the end of August 2021. The free veg, worth £1 for every Healthy Start voucher used in store, will boost the value of the vouchers ensuring families have easy access to great value, nutritious food right up until the end of the summer holidays.

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Talking Retail

MAY 24, 2021

Retailer David Ancell has become the latest Simply Fresh store owner to switch to the new Sainsbury’s model. The retailer’s Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, will stock Sainsbury’s products as part of the deal struck by the symbol group and the big-four multiple last year. Ancell said: “I am convinced my customers will embrace the decision. This story continues at North East Simply Fresh becomes latest to switch to Sainsbury’s model.

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Retail Times

MAY 24, 2021

Nordic lifestyle brand ARKET will open a new flagship store in Moscow, Russia during autumn 2021. Following the opening of arket.ru in autumn 2020, the new store is ARKET’s first physical destination in the country.

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Talking Retail

MAY 24, 2021

Vestal Vodka has launched a social media campaign to “poke fun” at other rival vodka brands. The “Noisy Neighbours” campaign is running across Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn and features four adverts with slogans that poke fun at brands that “do an awful lot of shouting”. The adverts read: “Sorry Ciroc, We Rock”; “We Cooked. This story continues at Vestal Vodka teases rival brands with social media campaign.

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Retail Times

MAY 24, 2021

Plant-based pizza pioneer, One Planet Pizza, has launched the UK’s first frozen vegan Cheezy Doughballs alongside a brand new Spicy Peppernoni pizza that is sure to have pizza lovers salivating.

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