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Responding to the UK and EU’s summit conclusions, Tina McKenzie, Policy Chair of the Federation of Small Businesses, said: “This agreement marks genuine progress by untangling the rules for small exporters...

Data compiled by the Centre for Retail Research revealed that UK retail store closures have jumped by more than a quarter, with even more shutdowns predicted this year. But with so...

Happy girls in the shopping mall looking back In order to thrive, contemporary retail needs to be a multi-faceted offering replete with experiential, placemaking and other value-added features to induce...

IPP’s regional managing director Andy Maddock looks to the retail supply chain to deliver better news on the potential for cost savings and efficiencies Maddock: proactive control of supply chain...

Zac Warren, chief security advisor, EMEA at Tanium,  provides actionable advice for retailers on how to strengthen their systems in the wake of recent cyber attacks What types of cyber...

Dior has revealed it has been subject to a cyber attack - stolen data includes names, contact details, addresses, purchase history and more. Dior customers have been urged to be cautious of...

If you’ve built up a thriving local business, then the prospect of reaching out to the nation might strike you as a significant challenge. But the benefits of going national...

Retailers are desperately trying to battle back against the influx of theft in stores as the shop theft epidemic in the UK continues to accelerate, with shoplifting landing at the...

The Government’s farm profitability review ‘must listen to the heartbeat of the industry’, according to the Provision Trade Federation (PTF), which represents sectors accounting for 20% of UK household food...

The UK retail sector started 2025 already under pressure. Rising costs, prolonged customer consideration phases, fractured purchase journeys and global economic uncertainty have forced them to rethink everything from fulfilment...

By Richard Ford, chief technology officer, at Integrity360 The recent wave of cyber attacks against UK based retailers including M&S, Co-op and Harrods has laid bare that social engineering is...

Amy Oroko, sustainability manager at Matthew Algie, visits a coffee producer Unprecedented price volatility in the global coffee market is putting small-scale Fairtrade coffee farmers under significant pressure, despite prices...

By Robert Daynes, managing director, digital asset management, Cloudinary In today’s volatile retail landscape, managing digital assets efficiently is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. A closer look at...

By Martin Kemp, Family Business Research Foundation Family businesses are fundamental to the UK's economy, significantly contributing to turnover, employment, and growth across regions and sectors. As a recent sector...

AI in retail The retail space has experienced rapid changes over the past few years. These were primarily driven by evolving customer expectations, technological developments, and consumer trends, which led...

By Jim Rudall, head of EMEA at Intuit Mailchimp Rudall: retailers must adopt a multichannel approach The start of the calendar year brings a flurry of key commerce moments, including...

As we reach a time of peak e-commerce, it’s more important than ever for retailers to understand their customers and the journeys that each one is on, and then map...

As NBC News reports tariffs have turned global trade into a “worldwide battlefield,” a new forecast indicates global trade may grow even when factoring retaliation to the proposed U.S. measures....

Outsmart, the UK’s trade body for the Out of Home (OOH) advertising industry, has today unveiled its ‘Vision for Growth’, calling for a National OOH Advertising Strategy to turbocharge economic...

A recent report from the think tank Police Exchange revealed that rapid crime levels are costing the UK economy £250bn a year. Highlights from the report state that mass shoplifting and other...