We have a look at some predictions for what key design trends will be popular for retail businesses in 2021 and beyond.
Pets At Home has revealed it is on the hunt for up to 20 sites in London where it plans to open up high street branches
A stalwart of the high street, WH Smith has warned of its worst month since at least September 2020, despite having strong sales throughout the festive period.
A retail research body says over 170,000 high street jobs were lost in 2020 and warns that even more could go in 2021. As the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns accelerated the uptake of e-commerce and causing declining customer spend, The UK’s high street retailers suffered a dismal 2020 in terms of job losses, and […]
The UK government is set to end tax-free shopping when travelling to the EU from January 2021, in one of the largest changes to travel retail in a generation. The government had extended the deadline before the transition to duty-free shopping after a consultation, however from the start of January, international visitors will no longer be able […]
All retail stores can open longer hours throughout January throughout all three tiers in a boost to the high street after difficult trading conditions this year. In amendments to the standard laws for trading, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick announced that shops can open in a Covid-Safe manner and rules regarding opening hours will be loosened, allowing some […]
The retail and hospitality sectors, both badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic, have pleaded with the government for clarity over how they can safely reopen in time for the crucial Christmas season. Yahoo! Finance reports that MPs on the business, energy, and industrial strategy (BEIS) select committee listened to evidence on the economic effects of […]
The majority of businesses aren’t expecting life to return to normal and, in fact, many have already indicated that they will be changing the way in which they work for good. One concept that has grown in popularity in recent months is that of hybrid working, where employees spend some time working in an office […]
Given what’s been happening not just in the UK but around the world in 2020, it’s unsurprising that many retailers are struggling to keep their doors open (even when there isn’t an enforced lockdown). As research from PwC UK and Local Data Company showed last month, store closures in the UK hit record levels in […]
The Covid-19 has changed many aspects of the world in recent months, and not all of this change has been negative. As an article for NBC recently noted, one of the positives to the dramatic shift in our lives has been a surge in organisations looking at how they can make their offices more sustainable […]