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Multichannel retailers have seen their sales skyrocket 35 per cent in the UK during lockdown, far outpacing their online-only counterparts. In April, the UK’s first full month under lockdown, online…

China could soon impose a two-and-a-half-day weekend in efforts to jumpstart its retail sector as it emerges from weeks of lockdown.

China could introduce 2.5-day weekend to reinvigorate retail sector

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China economy lockdown Retail

April 16, 2020

China could soon impose a two-and-a-half-day weekend in efforts to jumpstart its retail sector as it emerges from weeks of lockdown. Cities across the country have encouraged companies to offer…

China’s retail market not set to recover fully until 2nd half of 2020

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China Retail Savills Shanghai

March 31, 2020

China’s retail sector is not due to fully recover for the coronavirus outbreak until the second half of 2020, according to experts. Savills China Retail has predicted that although shoppers…

110 retailers shut their doors in the US amid contagion fears

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March 19, 2020

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More than 110 retailers have now closed all their stores to limit the spread of the coronavirus as fears grow that all non-essential stores will shut their doors for weeks.…

Smartphone sales across the globe plummeted by more than 20 per cent during the first quarter with nearly every major manufacturer seeing dramatic declines.

French regulator hands Apple £1bn fine for anti-competitive behaviour

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March 17, 2020

The French Competition Authority on Monday announced it will fine Apple EUR 1.1 billion (GBP 1 billion) over restrictions it placed in contracts with wholesalers. In the biggest antitrust fine…

Charged’s biggest stories of 2019

December 30, 2019

2019 marked yet another eventful year for retail, seeing the sector navigate the dramatic shifts away from traditional high street retail models towards connected, vibrant and innovative ways of selling…

Uber Eats has partnered with New Covent Garden Market to offer customers boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables directly from wholesalers “to be delivered directly to their doorstep”.

Uber CEO says app could offer courier services for other retailers

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App courier Dara Khosrowshahi Delivery Retail service Uber

December 6, 2019

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Uber technologies chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi this week suggested Uber may be working to offer courier services for other retail businesses, according to a report by Reuters. Speaking at a…

M&S celebrates Women in Data win

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November 29, 2019

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Marks & Spencer insight manager Angela Lillis is named in the Women in Data’s Twenty in Data & Technology Showcase. Women in Data’s (WID) event brings together women from across…

Alibaba’s shares have dropped more than two per cent in morning trading as analysts warn virus’ “impact is more significant than everyone expected”.

Alibaba IPO shrinks cash pool in Hong Kong

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November 15, 2019