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According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), British retailers saw significant growth in search volumes from overseas. In the fourth quarter of 2016, there was a total increase of 23% of searches for the retailers, with an additional 16% increase on mobile devices in the UK. The figures signify the...

Sportswear retailer, Sports Direct have acquired an 11% stake in French Connection, as owner Mike Ashley seems to have made a strategical move to capitalise on the clothing retailer’s falling trade. Once news of the move by Sports Direct was announced, shares fell by 5 per cent, possibly due to...

Online retailer Amazon have announced a 55% rise in fourth quarter profit this year, capping off what was seen to be a largely successful period in online sales. Despite this, the company also saw its share price fall slightly as the figures narrowly missed Wall Street’s expectations, with the overall...

Some UK Supermarkets have been affected by bad weather conditions with regards to their stocks of vegetables, with some even having to limit items such as iceberg lettuce to three per customer. It comes after severe weather in Spain decimated crops and created a shortage, with some Supermarkets now looking to...

Click-and-Collect service provider, Doddle, have announced the rollout of its new “Powered by Doddle” solution, which will provide comprehensive training and software to retailers regarding click-and-collect. CEO of the company, Tim Robinson, said that this will help retailers benefit from “the best practices we have developed by running our specialist...

UK-based Caribbean food supplier, Grace Foods, has suggested that retailers make the most of the current trend toward flavours from Asia and Latin/Central America ahead of the summer months. The company noted that the 18% year-on-year growth of the market means that they are perfectly placed to capitalise on the...

The first of the Bunnings warehouses has opened today in St. Albans, ahead of a three to five year rollout throughout the country. The location is 67,000 sq ft and currently has 68 people employed, with plans for a second warehouse to open in the St. Albans area in April....

A group of retailers including Iceland, Morrisons and the Arcadia Group, have today lost a court case in which they challenged MasterCard's card processing fees. They stated that since 2006, the charges had cost the retailers £437m, citing a lack of competitiveness in the market as a reason that the...

Hotels based in Birmingham have reported their most successful year, with record bookings from both international and domestic tourists. The redevelopments to the city centre over the past 20 years, including a revamped Bullring Shopping Centre have contributed to changing the perception of the area. Introductions of Michelin starred restaurants...

According to the latest Shop Price Index done by the British Retail Consortium (BRC), consumers across the nation’s most popular outlets saw a 1.7% decline in prices. They stated that non-food items had seen a 2.3% decrease whereas food items decreased by 1.2%, which is in contrast to the slight...