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With Easter around the corner, we are all finding chocolate eggs popping up in our local supermarkets – some stocking the confectionary as early as December. But are we still...

In the dynamic landscape of retail, understanding consumer behaviour and market trends is crucial for effective personalisation strategies throughout the entire customer journey, especially in the last mile and post-purchase...

By Jackson Versitano, Retail Country Manager at Lightspeed In today's fast-paced retail environment, consumers are more promiscuous, when it comes to making purchases, than ever before. With the rise of...

The payment market has long ceased to be dominated by a few players. Consumers are familiar with a wide range of payment options, authenticated by entering a password and/or a...

Chris Sanger, EY Tax Policy Leader, comments on the possible direction the Chancellor might take at the spring budget 2024 : “In choosing which of his “starters” make it over...

In 2024, many of us are keen to move away from our regular 9-5s and make the side hustle that’s been patiently waiting in the wings our main focus. Recent...

Recent figures have suggested that shoplifting cost retailers around £1.8bn in 2023, making it the highest loss on record. This epidemic appears to not be slowing so businesses are being...

Visual asset expert Pradip Lal on the outlook for retail and e-commerce in 2024 and beyond Lal: AI has helped retailers automate and personalise digital experiences for years As we...

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By Ed Betts, Retail Express Betts: building stronger loyalty schemes will be a key focus of 2024 Recent headlines point to market improvement as the rate of inflation declines, but...

A lacklustre economy, the changing face of the high street and shifting consumer expectations have contributed to a year fraught with challenges for retailers. And with 2024 set to bring...

By David Moore, client services manager, Roq, the quality engineering consultancy Moore: starting early and engineering quality into your sales strategy is key So, Black Friday (or moreover, month, as...

Tom Mercer, commercial director at business consultancy GAIN LINE, predicts some key retail trends  in 2024 Over the past three years, we have seen a steady stream of much-loved retail...

With shoplifting currently hitting unprecedented levels, Guy Yair, chief business officer at computer vision technology company, Trigo, looks at how breakthrough technology advances could help retailers to not only tackle...

Black Friday sales have already begun, but British retailers are likely to be more dependent on a spike in consumer spending on the day itself this year, according to new...

Peter Ward, country manager for UK and Irelands at Pricer, has identified three in-store trends for this Autumn that retailers should know about as they plan their IT budgets and...

The average price of a coffee from a high street coffee shop has soared to £3.80 a cup leaving many Brits short of pocket through the working week. This equates...

It is no understatement that businesses across the UK have faced an extremely turbulent couple of years financially, having to deal with residual economic impacts left over from the pandemic,...

By Michael Gabay, co-founder and CEO, Trigo Gabay: retailers who turn stores into smart ones will have the upper hand While autonomous stores and technological innovation are high on the...

Image source With the worldwide usage of social media, being able to capitalise on online markets can allow businesses to boost profits and growth exponentially. Shopping has been integrated into...