Black Friday & Cyber Monday have now become significant trading days for retailers with a startling disparity between the winners and losers. In 2019 UK retailers saw a 0.9% decline in sales vs...

The pandemic is having a seismic impact on how we live our lives in almost every dimension from dining to socialising to our holiday plans through how & where we work. One thing is increasingly...

Given everything we are hearing in the news, the confidence of customers is at an all-time low and when uncertainty dents consumer activity and footfall declines, it is essential to take decisive...

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The announcement of a Stamp Duty holiday in England & Northern Ireland on properties up to £500,000 until the end of March 2021 will deliver a significant boost to the retail sector.

Lockdown has delivered an uplift for online retailers that no channel promotion could ever provide. Every sector and category has seen all of their Black Friday and Christmas Day peaks arrive...

Retailers are now beginning to find their feet with adapted store safety procedures whilst customers are starting to become used to the different protocols. In spite of the introduction of safety...

At the beginning of 2020, we made and reviewed a range of predictions as to how the property market would develop in 2020 and beyond. With an emphatic election victory and Brexit close we were all...

As the High Street begins to re-open, businesses are getting to grips with how to safely allow buyers in.  This typically involves safety screens and sanitisation processes but above all much...