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Failure of Edinburgh Woollen Mill highlights peril of focus on older shoppers

The looming failure of Edinburgh Woollen Mill signals that retailers which are heavily reliant on an older demographic will struggle…
Rebounding responsibility and positive cause-based choices are showing through consumer behaviour in a fractious, divided US

Political commentators and historians have increasingly warned of the ominous degree of partisanship and schism in American society as the…
Asda introduces new vegan aisle in stores – a step in the right direction?

Supermarket chain Asda recently announced that they would be adding a new vegan aisle to 359 of their stores in…
Hotel Chocolat’s gifting focus protects it from the worst of Covid-19

Premium British chocolatier Hotel Chocolat has managed to maintain sales growth despite a 14% decline in revenue in H2 as…
Covid-19 will add $16.7bn onto frozen meat, potato and vegetable sales by 2023

Covid-19 has severely impacted what consumers are buying and how they shop. Frozen categories are seeing big increases in popularity…

Covid-19: E-commerce has exploded, millennials intend to keep it up after Covid-19

According to UK supermarket Waitrose, one in four UK consumers shops online for groceries at least once a week, double…
Morrisons trials plastic bag-free stores

Could the battle for your supermarket dollar be in what type of bags (if any) a store offers? This week,…
The value of convenient food is not just the price

Convenient food is often characterised as low-quality or unhealthy, but these criticisms miss the point. Convenient food bypasses barriers to…
Covid-19: IKEA and Unilever show the green way forward

A silver lining to lockdown, aside from limiting the spread of Covid-19, of course, was that for several months, carbon…
Amazon trials food retailing with its offer of free deliveries

Amazon is trialling the online grocery delivery service with free delivery on orders over £40 to Prime members in 300…

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