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THOMAS SABO signs exclusive framework agreement with ZetaDisplay for digital signage solutions

14th November 2024|Company News, Digital Signage, Latest News|

Full service digital signage solutions provider ZetaDisplay has won a new global contract with premium jewellery and watch brand THOMAS SABO. The exclusive framework agreement includes deployment [...]

Hobbycraft awarded Giving Something Back Award and retains three-star accreditation from Best Companies

14th November 2024|Awards, Company News, Latest News|

Best Companies, an organisation dedicated to making the world a better workplace, have awarded the UK’s leading arts and crafts retailer with the Special Award for Giving [...]

Black Friday weekend spending to hit £9.14bn as shoppers stock up for Christmas

13th November 2024|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Shoppers expected to spend £9.14bn this Black Friday Weekend (29th Nov – 2nd Dec) – up 4.5 percent YoY Black Friday sales up 5.6 percent YoY to [...]

Angel Central completes ground floor leasing and outperforms across sales and footfall

12th November 2024|Company News, Latest News, New Stores|

Angel Central, the retail and leisure destination in Islington, has signed Therapie Clinic, marking the destination’s final letting on its ground floor alongside stellar performance  CBRE Investment [...]

Beaverbrooks opens first TUDOR watch boutique in Kent

12th November 2024|Company News, Latest News, New Stores|

Family-owned national diamond, jewellery and watch retailer, Beaverbrooks, has partnered with luxury Swiss watch brand TUDOR to open the only TUDOR boutique in Kent’s Bluewater Shopping Centre. [...]

Trafford Palazzo expands leisure offering as North’s largest and pinkest roller rink throws doors open

11th November 2024|Company News, Latest News, New Stores|

The hotly-anticipated Archie’s Atomic concept at Trafford Palazzo officially opened its doors to the public on 7th November at 10am. The £3m site, which has created over 100 [...]

Research reveals consumers want to shop local this festive season as small business pop-up from Mastercard and Worldpay arrives at Birmingham’s Bullring

11th November 2024|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Mastercard research shows 72 percent of Birmingham residents want to shop local this festive season, while 82 percent say small businesses are important to the local economy [...]

Hamleys kicks off the festive season with magical Christmas window unveiling!

8th November 2024|Christmas, Company News, Latest News|

Hamleys has officially begun its countdown to Christmas with the unveiling of its highly anticipated Christmas Windows at the world-famous toy shop on Regent Street in London. [...]

The Cotswold Company launches with NEXT as the next step in its omnichannel growth strategy

8th November 2024|Company News, Latest News|

The Cotswold Company, the digitally-led premium handcrafted furniture and homeware brand, is delighted to launch on www.next.co.uk, extending the brand’s distribution model to now include a third-party retail [...]

The LEGO Group has officially opened its 20th LEGO Store in the UK and its second in the city of Bristol at Cribbs Mall

8th November 2024|Company News, Latest News, New Stores|

The LEGO Group has officially opened the doors to its second UK LEGO® Store in Bristol. Located in the Cribbs Mall, the new 178sqm LEGO Store is already [...]

The Boulevard shines with two new tenants in golden quarter

7th November 2024|Company News, Latest News, New Stores|

Two major new brands are setting up shop at Northern Ireland’s premier outlet destination, The Boulevard, following the schemes record breaking sales. Becoming known for many retail [...]

Aesop’s first store in Northern England to open at Redical’s Victoria Leeds

7th November 2024|Company News, Latest News, New Stores|

Victoria Leeds, owned and operated by Redical, is proud to announce that Australian-born luxury skin care brand, Aesop, is to unveil its first store in the North of [...]

Millennials will return a quarter of all Black Friday fashion purchases, according to True Fit’s research

7th November 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Millennials and Gen Z shoppers are expected to be the highest returning demographics when it comes to sending back fashion purchases bought on Black Friday this year, [...]

Beaverbrooks invests £2m in major refurbishment of Braehead store, increasing two and a half times in size

6th November 2024|Company News, Latest News|

Family-owned national diamond, jewellery and watch retailer, Beaverbrooks, has made its largest investment of this year in its Braehead store, which has increased two and a half [...]

Registration opens for Retail Technology Show 2025, bringing the carnival of retail to ExCeL London

6th November 2024|Company News, Latest News, Show News|

Retail Technology Show (RTS), the flagship event that brings the wonder of retail to life, debuts at its new home, ExCeL London, on 2nd & 3rd April [...]

Two Co-op stores launch to serve North East communities of Chopwell and Crawcrook

6th November 2024|Company News, Latest News, New Stores|

Co-op launches two stores to serve communities in Chopwell and Crawcrook. Chopwell’s Co-op has re-opened following a seven-week programme of works and improvements to ‘transform’ the store. [...]

Younger shoppers lead the bricks and mortar retail revival, RetailNext data shows

6th November 2024|Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Despite frequent digital-first and social media dependent stereotyping, Gen Z and Millennial shoppers are the most frequent visitors to UK retail stores, helping drive the physical retail [...]

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