It’s brutal out there. Retail sales weren’t exactly great last year and this year they’ve been… well, disappointing would be an understatement. So was April any better? Not according to the latest BDO high street sales tracker.
If you’re visiting Paris and grow tired of the art, the couture and the history (as if!) you can now pop down to department store BHV for an athleisure fix. While BHV is one of the most local shopper-focused of the big Paris stores, it may just be worth adding to your tourist itinerary now.…
US department stores have a tough time ahead – at least that’s according to a new report. They need to close 20% of all anchor space in US malls if they want to return to the productivity levels they had a decade ago, Green Street Advisors claims. The research, reported in The Wall Street Journal,…
It was fascinating this morning to read about John Lewis’s list of the10 must-have items it thinks will sum up the AW16 season. Each item says a lot about us as consumers, the way John lewis has changed and how much money some people are prepared to pay for some items. OK, we all know…
We learnt last week that Chinese shoppers pulled back on their relentless spending frenzy abroad last month. And today we’ve found out a lot more about why and just what they’re doing. Global Blue’s latest in-depth analysis of tax-free spending, Globe Shopper Report: China Edition, shows that something happened in March to make Chinese shoppers apply…
Regular readers of this site know I’m a bit of a robot fan and will take any opportunity to publish a still from Futurama. So it interested me to see the ultimate in robot bling in Guangzhou, China, where an unnamed “tycoon” went on a shopping trip accompanied by a coterie of robotic servants. Having…
Associated British Foods has been expanding its Primark star brand in recent months (its latest launch it Italy). So how is it doing? Times may be tough for many, and Primark isn’t immune, it seems, although it’s still hugely profitable.
2016 isn’t shaping up to be a stellar year for retailers. It didn’t start well with stock markets mayhem making a lot of people nervous. But a partial recovery since then held out some hope… until retailers and luxury companies started giving us their financial results, that is. M&S clothing sales stayed anaemic, Next gave…
First, let me declare myself. The answer to the question in the headline is: a bit of both. I love high street designer collaborations. They’re a great way of buying into a designer look at a fraction of the regular price and the quality levels are usually high. Some work better than others of course (the critical…
Is the future of fashion Demna Gvasalia? Is it the smartwatch? Or is it… plus size? Given the general trend towards larger waistlines globally, that’s a growth area that easier to guarantee than a tech product category we’re not quite convinced we need and a disrupter designer who likes to deconstruct and reconstruct classics. Which is…
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