James Coker

Footwear retailer New Balance announced it will deploy new cloud applications across its retail business.

Quiz reports a sales fall of 10% in the year ending 31 March 2020, whilst revenue declined 73% since the Covid-19 pandemic struck.

ONS figures show that retail sales grew by 1.5% month-on-month in September, with volumes 5.5% higher than pre-pandemic levels in February.

Made launches a new tool called 'Shop Your Photos', which can recommend products based on shoppers' photo inspiration.

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced new financial support measures to help businesses allowed to stay open but suffering from falling trade.

Sky will open a concept store on 26 October in the Liverpool ONE shopping centre, which will be separated into themed spaces.

Fashion retailer G-Star introduces Apple's App Clip tech to allow customers to digitally bring up product information in-store.

Ireland has announced a new six week lockdown, in which non-essential shops will be ordered to close during a large part of the golden quarter.

Asda has started a trial of a sustainability store, which is designed to help customers reduce, reuse, and recycle plastics.

The Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced a new two-week lockdown, in which non-essential retail stores will be forced to close.

Japanese household retailer MUJI is implementing new scan & go technology in its UK stores as part of efforts to maintain social distancing.

The BDO high street sales tracker for September shows like-for-like online sales rose by 65.1%, continuing to dip from peak-pandemic levels.

Online fashion brand Sosandar reports revenue growth of 52% in the six months ended 30 September 2020.

Tesco records a 28.7% rise in pre-tax profit in the six months to 29 August, helped by a 69% surge in eCommerce sales.

AO opens a 275,000 sq ft warehouse in Stoke-on-Trent to support the growth of its online business.