It may seem that with all the fuss about multichannel and value retailing being the saviours of retail during this recession, many other aspects of retail have been told to sit down and be quiet. Around three years ago, when Chip&Pin was making it’s big entrance, the star of the show was point-of-sale; ensuring it could and would …
Maybe it was seeing the question ‘What was your favourite sweet as a child?” posted on errrrrrr.com, or having recently inched closer to the 40 year old mark and finding mind and body less supple than it used to be; or perhaps it’s seeing the local kids shaking up the neighbourhood recently, with summer water fights and bike races – …
As Santa relaxed somewhere near Lapland, and the last of the Christmas paper was being recycled, UK retailers spent a few days picking over the Christmas figures. So, was this last Christmas a turkey or were there some positive indicators for the retail industry? The sad pre-Christmas demise of Woolworths rattled confidence, as did the news …
