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“Conflict and hardship plus growing environmental problems will bring good people together and ignite a desire to seek the true purpose of human life.” Despite what many may think, Craig Hamilton-Parker – the man who correctly predicted Brexit, Donald Trump’s US...
Retail Augmented Reality – Snatches Prizes
Unilever’s Snatch app Unliver have launched a Pokemon Go-style app which offers players the chance to win £15 million worth of prizes, including a year’s university fees. Snatch also targets retailers, encouraging them join numerous top brands like TopShop and...
NEWS FLASH
NEWS FLASH Philip Green agrees 363 million pounds BHS pension deal with regulator Britain's pensions regulator has agreed a cash settlement worth up to 363 million pounds with Philip Green, the former owner of collapsed department store BHS, it said on Tuesday. The...
Business rates could make 1/5 of small retailers close down
Almost one-fifth of small businesses - including retailers - would consider closing down as a result of the looming business rates revaluation, according to a new survey. Research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) suggests that 36 per cent of small...
High Street Footfall Outperforms Shopping Centre’s
Retail analysts have warned that the 1.3 per cent dip in footfall across the UK last month may be a sign of tougher things to come in 2017. According to the latest BRC-Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor, last month’s year-on-year footfall decline was steeper...
Can You Afford To Be Left Behind ?
UK struggling to keep up with "fundamental change" in online retail Smartphone shopping is predicted to account for two thirds of all purchases as it triples in value to £43 million over the next four years. New research conducted by Paypal UK, OC&C...
Pressure Increases On Effective Margin & Markdown Management
The fall of the pound has led to more than half of SMEs in the UK anticipating price hikes in the coming year According to new data from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) 54 per cent of small and medium sized businesses plan price hikes, while 44 per cent of SMEs...
Once Exploiting The Vulnerable Now Vulnerable Themselves
Embattled rent-to-own electricals retailer BrightHouse has set out a plan to permanently reform its controversial consumer practises as a bid for survival as it continues talks with lending watchdogs. The chain, which is reportedly working with Rothschild and the City...
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