WH Smith reports flat like-for-likes after dip in high street sales
June 14, 2017 10:15 amWH Smith has reported flat like-for-like sales in the 15 weeks to 10 June after sales in its high street stores declined. Total sales edged up... View Article
General Merchandise News
Retail footfall edged down 1% in May
June 12, 2017 6:40 amUK retail footfall declined by 1% year-on-year in May to mark the first drop since February. Figures released by the British Retail Consortium and Springboard in... View Article
Customer Engagement Summit 2017
June 9, 2017 2:05 pmCustomer engagement complicated business: Customers are behaving in increasingly complicated ways as they transverse their shopping journeys across multiple touch-points. It has, therefore, never been more... View Article
Retail sales slide in May
June 6, 2017 7:27 amUK retail sales fell by 0.4% year-on-year on a like-for-like basis in May according to new figures. On a total basis, sales rose by 0.2%. The... View Article
Insight: 90% of UK employees create vulnerabilities through poor cybersecurity practices
June 5, 2017 7:03 amNew research has revealed that addressing employee behaviours and attitudes towards cybersecurity processes are some of the strongest factors in safeguarding IT system security. In its... View Article
Consumer confidence increases in May
May 31, 2017 8:53 amNew figures show that consumer confidence edged up in May as people became more upbeat about their personal financial situation, the wider economy, and future plans... View Article
Barclaycard trials new ‘queue-less checkout’ payment concept
May 31, 2017 7:50 amBarclaycard has commenced a trial of a new payment concept that enables consumers to purchase low-value goods by scanning and paying for their shopping using their... View Article
Pets at Home boosted by services performance
May 25, 2017 8:24 amPets at Home has seen its group revenue climb by 7.2% to £834.2 million while like-for-like sales rose by 1.5%. In the year to 30 March,... View Article
Card Factory sales at upper end of target in first quarter
May 25, 2017 8:22 amCard Factory has reported that like-for-like sales growth in its first quarter was at the upper end of the target range of 1% to 3%. In... View Article
