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The UK’s biggest high street retailers are at risk of becoming online “ghost” brands experts have warned, following one of the hardest days for the high street in recent memory.…
Read MoreAmazon offers 2-day training “bootcamp” for selling to the EU post-Brexit
Amazon is offering small UK retailers a free two-day training course to help them understand how to sell internationally post-Brexit.
Amazon Small Business Accelerator, launched by Amazon and Enterprise Nation,…
Read MoreWestfield Stratford City opens major COVID-19 vaccination centre
Westfield’s Stratford City shopping centre has been transformed into a COVID-19 vaccination centre aiming to provide thousands of shots every day.
Westfield’s east London shopping hub opened six vaccination pods,…
Read MoreUK shoppers are being hit with post-Brexit import bills of over £100
Online shoppers in the UK are being forced to pay more than £100 in post-Brexit import duties for items they’ve purchased from the EU.
According to The Guardian, international delivery…
Read MoreSupermarkets could scrap delivery charges for most vulnerable as charities pile on pressure
Supermarkets are being called on to scrap delivery charges for their most vulnerable customers being forced to shield.
Over 20 leading UK charities, including Age UK and Disability Rights UK,…
Read MoreEcommerce boom drives UK warehouse investment to record highs
The online shopping boom has driven investment in warehouses to record highs as retailers scramble to expand their last-mile delivery facilities.
Investment in distribution warehouses skyrocketed 25 per cent last…
Read More400,000 retail jobs could be lost thanks to online retail and work-from-home boom
Up to 400,000 retail jobs could be lost on the UK’s high streets thanks to the boom in online shopping and working from home.
High streets across the country could…
Read MoreOnline retail won’t go back to slower pre-pandemic growth says Mastercard CEO
Online shopping is due to continue accelerating at greater speeds after the pandemic is over, according to Mastercard’s chief executive Michael Miebach.
Speaking to a virtual panel at CES yesterday,…
Read MoreJohn Lewis suspends click-and-collect with all non-essential retailers expected to follow
John Lewis has become the first UK retailer to suspend its click-and-collect service amid fears all non-essential retailers could follow.
The department store announced yesterday that click-and-collect services were being…
Read MoreOnline retail sales accounted for nearly half of all spend in December
Online retail sales skyrocketed 52.2 per cent throughout December as lockdown restrictions decimated in-store sales.
According to the latest data from Barclaycard, overall consumer spending throughout December dropped by 2.3…
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