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Delivery issues are deal-breakers for most marketplace e-shoppers - report
Delivery systems that can be trusted have always been essential for online retailers in keeping consumers happy. But research shows delivery is now one of the biggest deal-breakers.
Luxury
Very Group to add new webstore tech
E-tailer Very Group has long embraced technology and now the owner of the Very and Littlewoods sites has announced plans to transform its Very.co.uk content management system through a new partnership with Amplience.
Fashion
Klarna announces job cuts, 10% of posts to go
BNPL may be booming but a troubled global economy is still presenting challenges to operators in the segment and news has emerged that one of the biggest operators, Klarna, is cutting 10% of its workforce.
Fashion
West End landlord Shaftesbury hails footfall recovery, rising property values
Shaftesbury, the West End property giant that's in talks about a merger with Capco, has reported what might be its last set of results before a merger is unveiled with footfall up and its portfolio value growing.
Fashion
Big luxury names still back physical retail, London, Paris, NYC are key
Major global brands will “continue betting on physical retail to drive sales in resilient destination cities”, a Savills report says. And it named New York, Paris and London as “the most attractive cities for retailers”.
Fashion
Grosvenor's strong recovery boosted by improving retail scene
Grosvenor has delivered a significant improvement in its financial performance in the latest year. The group owns vast tracts of land in key area like London’s Mayfair, as well as the Liverpool One mall.
Fashion
Retailers take part in first UK first wellbeing festival for workers
Staff from 100 of the biggest retailers operating in Britain, including ASOS, H&M, New Look and Superdrug, have taken part in the first wellbeing festival for retail workers run by industry charity the Retail Trust.
Fashion
It's bad: UK consumer confidence falls to its lowest since 1974
UK consumer confidence tumbled again in May — this time to its lowest level in almost 50 years — after the cost-of-living crisis deepened and concerns over the economy and personal finances grew.
Fashion
ONS says UK retail sales moved up in April, fashion did well
Official retail sales figures for the UK in April were released on Friday and they showed volumes ticking upwards again after they’d fallen during March.
Fashion
Klarna to mark 150m consumers milestone with global Dream Days sales event
BNPL giant Klarna has been growing fast and clearly wants to grow even faster with the payments firm about to launch a three-day event targeting its many millions of consumers around the world.
Fashion
London leasing boom sees GPE return to profit
Yet more strong numbers from the commercial property sector on Thursday. Major London landlord Great Portland Estates joined its peers British Land and Landsec this week in delivering an upbeat performance for the year.
Fashion
M&S to move into new Lakeside flagship, takes ex-Debenhams space
M&S is continuing to open statement new stores as the UK retail giant enjoys a turnaround in its fortunes. It’s set to take over another former Debenhams site, at the Lakeside mall in Essex.
Fashion
URW rolls out Westfield brand to trio of European flagship locations
Malls giant Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) is continuing to roll out its Westfield brand to more locations and has announced that it’s rebranding three flagship centres under that name.
Fashion
Grosvenor links with True on social shopping innovation hunt
Landlord Grosvenor has launched an interesting project, unveiling “an innovation challenge seeking to find new technologies and partners that are putting customer experience at the heart of bricks and mortar retail”.
Fashion
UK's hot property sector sees British Land return to profit
British Land became the second UK property giant in two days to report that the sector’s post-pandemic trading is thriving again, delivering “a strong performance across all parts of our business” for the year.
Fashion
UK inflation hits 40-year high of 9%, could derail fashion and beauty recovery
British inflation surged last month to its highest annual rate since 1982, piling pressure on finance minister Rishi Sunak to step up his help for households facing a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
Fashion