All High street & town centre articles – Page 18
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GalleryIn pictures: Primark, JD Sports and John Lewis lure back shoppers for reopening
As non-essential retail reopens its doors in England on April 12, Retail Week visits key shopping locations to gauge retail offers and shopper appetite.
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OpinionAlia Hawa: ‘Covid certificates are unnecessary and will damage retail’s recovery’
With non-essential retail reopening today, news that the government is considering making Covid certificates mandatory for customers in stores comes as another blow.
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OpinionKate Hardcastle: ‘Successful high streets will have the human at their heart’
As retailers prepare to reopen, there has been much focus on what the future high street will look like.
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NewsFrasers Group calls for inquiry into Peacocks deal
The Mike Ashley-led Frasers Group has called on MPs to launch an inquiry into the handling of the sale of fashion chain Peacocks to a group backed by former owner Philip Day.
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NewsGovernment faces criticism as it hints at Covid certificates in stores
Coronavirus certificates could be needed to enter some high street shops from this summer, the government has hinted, as Labour pledged to vote against any such plans.
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NewsJoules poaches new chief financial officer from Moneysupermarket
Fashion retailer Joules has poached its new chief financial officer from price comparison business Moneysupermarket to replace outgoing CFO Marc Dench.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How John Lewis, Ikea, Primark and others are preparing to reopen
With ‘non-essential’ retailers given the green light to reopen stores on April 12, Retail Week looks at how the sector is preparing.
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GalleryStore gallery: Nespresso’s new Vienna flagship boutique concept
Nespresso has opened a flagship boutique concept in the Austrian capital Vienna, which features several new innovations for the retailer.
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Opinion‘Retail leaders face the task of reuniting furloughed and non-furloughed staff’
The government’s furlough scheme has been a lifeline for many retailers forced to cease or limit trading during the coronavirus pandemic.
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AnalysisCan John Lewis make a small-format department store work?
The retailer has announced plans to introduce a new store format, but is it what the UK high street really needs?
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DataData: The top five retailers consumers want on high streets
The future of UK High Streets is at stake as the country emerges from the grips of the pandemic, but it is important to understand what consumers want from it if they are to return in greater numbers. Read Retail Week’s High Street Rebooted report to find out what 1,000 UK consumers said
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NewsRetailers divided over business rates in submissions to Treasury review
Retail respondents to the Treasury’s call for evidence on business rates reform are split over the benefits and potential risks to the high street of introducing an online sales tax.
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NewsChancellor to delay decision on UK online sales tax
Chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak is set to delay any final decision on a UK online sales tax to the autumn and will take his lead from whether the US supports the reform.
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DataData: Post-lockdown spending priorities – has Covid changed what and how we shop?
How will a year of on-off restrictions impact how we shop going forward? As we near the end of lockdown, Retail Week teams up with Walnut Unlimited to ask consumers what their post-lockdown spending priorities are and how they differ to life before Covid.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Greggs is looking towards the future of food-to-go
Beloved UK high street baker Greggs has been hit hard by lockdown store closures and changing customer behaviours. Retail Week analyses how the business is future-proofing itself
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DataTransform or die: 1,000 consumers on the future of the high street
The future of UK high streets is at stake as the country emerges from the grips of the pandemic, but it’s important to understand what the consumer wants from it if they are to return in greater numbers. Read Retail Week’s High Street Rebooted report to find out what 1,000 UK consumers said
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NewsCommercial evictions ban extended until end of June
The government has extended the commercial evictions moratorium until the end of June, in a move that will bring relief to struggling high street retail and hospitality businesses.
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NewsWHSmith hails ‘better than expected’ sales as high street stores recover
WHSmith has posted a “better than expected” performance during the first two months of 2021 as its high street stores mounted a sales recovery.
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Opinion‘Amazon stores are an ally, not an enemy, of town centres’ retail revival’
As once-powerful names such as Debenhams and Topshop exit town centres, there has been an unlikely newcomer to UK bricks-and-mortar retail – Amazon.
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NewsRetail sales return to growth but reopening concerns remain
Retail sales returned to growth in February having shrunk in January but the BRC warned that many retailers were worried about getting through to the provisional April 12 reopening date.