Global Blue to extend luxury lounge network
April 26, 2018 7:42 amGlobal Blue is extending its luxury customer lounge network by opening three new locations in Munich, Paris and London. With the tax free shopping specialist already... View Article
General Merchandise News
Love My Human chooses London’s Chelsea for opening of first store
April 25, 2018 7:24 amLuxury pet brand Love My Human has chosen London’s Chelsea for the opening of its first physical store. Due to launch in May, the 1,700 square... View Article
WH Smith to open airport stores in Rio de Janeiro
April 25, 2018 7:06 amWH Smith’s travel business is teaming up with Duty Free Americas to open seven stores in Rio de Janeiro’s Rio Galeão International airport as part of... View Article
Smyths Toys to acquire German arm of Toys ‘R’ Us
April 23, 2018 8:15 amSmyths Toys is to acquire all Toys ‘R’ Us operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The move will add a further 90 stores in the three... View Article
Mothercare chairman Alan Parker steps down
April 19, 2018 8:23 amMothercare has announced that its chairman Alan Parker has stepped down and been succeeded by Clive Whiley. The news comes just weeks after Mothercare chief executive... View Article
Doddle introduces Facebook chatbot for returns
April 19, 2018 8:23 amClick and collect specialist Doddle has launched a Facebook chatbot for returns. The chatbot uses artificial intelligence to ask customers for one or more pieces of... View Article
Jessops launches new in-store photo concept
April 16, 2018 8:22 amJessops has launched a next generation of photography stores featuring a new in-store photo concept. The radically redesigned stores will continue to offer cameras and specialist... View Article
Retail footfall down 6% in March
April 16, 2018 7:34 amRetail footfall dropped by 6% year-on-year in March to mark the steepest fall since 2010 as bad weather deterred people from making shopping trips. According to... View Article
Mothercare like-for-likes fall despite uplift online
April 12, 2018 12:58 pmMothercare’s UK like-for-like sales dropped by 2.8% in its fourth quarter after trading was impacted by reduced footfall in its stores. Online sales grew by 2.1%... View Article
