Whittard of Chelsea 137-year-old business continues to grow ...
WEB2 days ago · Whittard of Chelsea, the renowned British tea, coffee, and hot chocolate company, has released its 2023 financial results, highlighting robust domestic growth and ambitious plans for continued international expansion. Bolstered by a resilient UK high street presence and strong international appeal ...
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RPC releases Retail Compass report examining sustainability …
WEB1 day ago · The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) Green Claims Code along with Europe’s Green Claims Directive presents a real impact for retailers and brands, with potential fines of 4% annual turnover for businesses guilty of greenwashing as the CMA has predicted that 53% of claims in marketing today are misleading or potentially greenwash.
Navigating the Golden Quarter: retail’s annual pressure pot
WEB2 days ago · The Golden Quarter is a pressure pot when it comes to planning. The 100-day countdown to Christmas encompasses the majority of the year’s key fixed seasonal events, and also squeezes together retail’s most profitable period with its most critical planning window. The Golden Quarter demands that retailers not only take every measure to trade ...
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Marks & Spencer leads the pack as UK brands play catch up with …
WEB4 days ago · Marks & Spencer is one of 2024’s standout performers in Kantar BrandZ’s UK ranking, bucking the national trend to grow its brand valuation by a whopping 38% to $2.5 billion. By comparison, wider retail brand values rose by 1% overall, while food and beverages brand values fell 9% year-on-year. Jolliffe explains what has fuelled the retailer ...
Retail footfall shows resilience despite summer getaways and UK …
WEBAugust 30, 2024. Reading Time: 3 mins read. In a month typically dominated by the great summer getaway, retail footfall failed to falter and rose by +0.9% from the month before in UK’s retail destinations. This growth was primarily driven by rises in retail parks (+2%) and shopping centres (+2.1%) whereas high streets witnessed a marginal ...
UK retail challenges for 2024: Predyktable reveals nine pivotal ...
WEBNov 20, 2023 · In an exclusive series of interviews with top-tier executives in the UK retail sector, Predyktable reveals nine pivotal challenges and strategic priorities
Number of UK retail companies on the rise, with 14% increase in …
WEBMar 20, 2023 · The number of retail businesses in the UK has risen by 14% in the last five years – resulting in an additional 27,445 new companies in the sector. From 2021 to 2022 alone, over 3,560 new retail businesses joined the industry. The findings were collated by Business Name Generator, using data from the Office of National Statistics’ report on ...
Despite a muted outlook for 2024, the Retail Think Tank outlines …
WEBDec 22, 2023 · While the retail sector outlook for 2024 is expected to be muted, hampered by ongoing macroeconomic challenges, weakened consumer demand and low economic growth prospects, retailers mustn’t let stagnation stifle innovation and future opportunities, the KPMG/RetailNext Retail Think Tank (RTT), an independent board of retail experts, warns. With the UK economy set to tread water in 2024, the ...