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Christmas shoppers urged to support Small Business Saturday

365 Retail

Shoppers are being urged to support small businesses as they face fresh uncertainty heading into the crucial festive trading period. Michelle Ovens, director of Small Business Saturday, said: “We all need to show small businesses our love this weekend. Small Business Saturday is coming!

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Rethinking the Retail Environment Through Food-and-Beverage Design Concepts

Retail TouchPoints

The retail industry has experienced a great deal of change over the last 2½ years with the accelerated growth of online sales, the introduction of new safety protocols, the expansion of experiential retail concepts and the integration of new technologies. The retail storefront is no longer about just leaving with goods in hand.

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Data Will be Key to Retail Success in 2021

Retail TouchPoints

Without question, the COVID-19 pandemic proved to be quite a disruptor for retailers, as in-store sales dropped and other options, like ecommerce and buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) surged. With that in mind, here are three predictions for retailers in the coming year. Real-time data is the key for 2021. CPG will thrive with D2C.

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Remaining Agile in a New Age of Retail: Three Things that Enterprise Brands can Learn from Smaller Players 

Retail TouchPoints

From leisure and sportswear to gifts and jewelry, the chances are you’ve bought a product from a small business over the last couple of years — whether it be a digitally native startup, a one-person band working from their kitchen table or a small independent store selling online around the world.

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Retailers urged to apply for Covid-19 grants as deadline looms

TalkingRetail

Retailers are being encouraged to apply for government grants, launched to support small businesses through the coronavirus pandemic, as the deadline for applications loom.

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May Cash transactions total £3.33 billion – highest level since last September, reports Post Office

365 Retail

Business cash deposits alone totalled £1.18 This was the highest level of business cash deposits since last August (£1.2 Martin Kearsley, Post Office Banking Director, said: “Postmasters continue to provide vital everyday banking services to millions of people and thousands of small businesses each month.

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American Express Broadens UK Network with New Merchant Partnerships Across Multiple Sectors

365 Retail

American Express continues its UK growth momentum with further high-profile businesses from a range of sectors joining the network. In the retail sector, American Express has signed acceptance agreements with discount retailer Savers , which operates around 500 stores nationwide.