M&S cyberattack: how can retailers regain customers’ trust after a hack? A marketing expert explains: Several big British retailers have been in the news recently – but not for buoyant sales or new product launches. Firms like Marks & Spencer and Co-op have been hacked, affecting online sales and the range of products available in-store, …
Cost of living crisis: why it’s been a happy new year for UK retailers keeping up with changing shopping trends: Several UK retailers announced better than expected sales over the Christmas period. Nejron Photo/Shutterstock The significance of Christmas to retailers’ bottom lines means that updates on trading during this time are always closely watched. This …
Shopping: how retailers are using the latest technology to boost in-store spending: Smart shopping. Shutterstock/Fit Ztudio Your online world is probably full of adverts persuading you to buy something with a simple touch of your phone. But away from those personal screens, UK retailers are actually spending most of their digital budgets inside their traditional …
Would you bring your dog to a shop? Why retailers should be more pet-friendly: hedgehog94 / Shutterstock Pandemic pets have taken the world by storm. At least 3.2 million households reportedly acquired a pet during the first year of COVID. Young people made up the majority of new owners, with more than half of the …
South Africa in the news: Mercedes reaches agency model agreement with car retailers in UK and Europe: Mercedes has already rolled-out its agency model with franchisees in Sweden, Austria, South Africa and India. Britta Seeger, Mercedes-Benz and Daimler’s member of the board of management responsible …: “South Africa” – BingNews Bungling EPCR are making a …
Black Friday: retailers are forcing our heads into the sand to avoid facing climate realities: Black Friday traditionally marks the beginning of the Christmas retail season. Powhusku/Flickr, CC BY-NC Black Friday – widely considered the first day of the Christmas shopping season – is celebrated this year on 26 November. “Celebrated” might not be the …
Lorry-driver shortages: how retailers are starting to move more goods by train: Kev Gregory/Shutterstock The UK economy has been reliant on carrying goods by road for decades. In recent months a lack of HGV drivers has been one of the main reasons for food shortages on supermarket shelves. Estimates suggest the UK needs 100,000 more …
South Africa in the news: The future of remote collaboration for multi-category retailers: Woolworths South Africa is a major multi-category retailer dating back to 1931 whose offer spans food, fashion, beauty and homewares. Two years ago, the company adopted the Centric 8 Flagship PLM …: “South Africa” – BingNews Doomed MH370 plane ‘flew in circles …
Depop sale: fashion retailers must move faster on sustainability — or they will be replaced by Gen Z apps: Secondhand shopping apps have become popular among Generation Z, who want more sustainable alternatives to fast fashion. Reshetnikov_art/Shutterstock The news that Depop – Generation Z’s favourite app for selling and buying used clothing – had been …
South Africa in the news: Consumers spent 0bn more at online retailers globally in 2020: According to Mastercard’s latest Recovery Insights report, this amounted to an additional $ 900bn being spent in retail online around the world in 2020. Put another way: in 2020, …: “South Africa” – BingNews COVID-19 variants inciting India’s second surge, …
South Africa in the news: Consumers spent 0bn more at online retailers globally in 2020 – Mastercard: According to Mastercard’s latest Recovery Insights report, this amounted to an additional $ 900bn being spent in retail online around the world in 2020. Put another way: in 2020, …: “South Africa” – BingNews SBI papers make recommendations …
6 WordPress plugins for restaurants and retailers: The pandemic changed how many people prefer to do business—probably permanently. Restaurants and other local retail establishments can no longer rely on walk-in trade, as they always have. Online ordering of food and other items has become the norm and the expectation. It is unlikely consumers will turn …
Luxury goods: why elite brands are weathering the pandemic better than high street retailers: Masters of il-Louis-ion. andersphoto Clothes shops are among the worst hit retailers from the coronavirus pandemic. Sales in the UK are still well down on pre-March levels. Big players such as H&M and Gap are closing stores, and jobs are being …
South Africa in the news: South Africa retailers feel pain from coronavirus pandemic: South Africa’s retail industry is feeling the pain from the coronavirus pandemic on two fronts – store closures during lockdown and the sharply reduced purchasing power of households. South Africa, …: “South Africa” – BingNews Covid-19 Live Updates: F.D.A. Announces Emergency Authorization …
South Africa in the news: Fuel retailers threaten shut down over petrol, diesel shortages: Our government could not even assist fuel retailers during hard times of 80% reduction in volumes, when our neighbouring countries like Namibia, who source the product from South Africa, were able to …: “South Africa” – BingNews Seso Global Launches Blockchain …
Fast fashion: how retailers can use pandemic to change our terrible relationship with clothes: Neenawat Khenyothaa Even before the pandemic, the UK fashion retail industry was struggling. John Lewis, M&S and Debenhams had all announced losses, job cuts and store closures, while House of Fraser was taken over. Since lockdown, Oasis and Warehouse have entered …
Are retailers ‘bagging’ the 5p plastic carrier bag charge?: GLRL/Shutterstock If you’ve ever forgotten your bag for life at the shop till and had to buy a plastic bag, you may have wondered where that money goes. The carrier bag levy of five pence (5p) was rolled out on October 5 2015 in England. Retailers …
Orlando, FL (PRWEB) April 25, 2012 Retail Technologies Corporation (RTC), a leading developer of retail store solution software, announces the unveiling of StoreMobile at the upcoming JDA FOCUS Conference, April 29 through May 2, held at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Designed as part of RTCs MMSxTend Application Suite, StoreMobile operates …