There is a classic retail format that nobody misses.
There is a public outcry whenever a historic department store closes. Customers wax lyrical about how it was an important part of their lives. Former employees are interviewed by newspapers and local radio stations. Everybody worries about the future of
Wilko isn’t the first UK retail chain to fail and it won’t be the last.
Wilko may not have much of a profile outside the UK, but here it has become a familiar and sometimes reassuring sight. Over the decades, as Woolworths and a tranche of traditional department stores closed, Wilko became a mainstay venue
Boots taps into beauty with unique store.
Boots is to open its first ever beauty-only store as it looks to further tap into the consistent growth in the category that has led to ongoing activity in the sector including the recent return to the UK of Sephora.
Retail theft epidemic threatens frictionless shopping.
Retailers have been moving towards delivering increasingly frictionless experiences to customers in their stores including the first cashier-less shops but such strategies are potentially being setback by the rising levels of shoplifting and other crimes.
Women executives in retail #5: Kresse Wesling, co-founder, Elvis & Kresse.
Women who have reached senior positions in the retail world are (all too) rare, not to mention invisible, which is why we decided to get to know them better by inviting them to tell us about their career paths, the