The Scottish Government is to form a new leadership group as part of its new retail strategy. Business minister Tom Arthur (pictured above) launched the plan last Thursday at Holyrood, saying he will co-chair a group bringing together industry leaders to look at ways to improve the sector. As part of the group’s work, it […]
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The store manager at M&S’s recently expanded foodhall store in Falkirk has been shortlisted for a ‘store hero award’ at the Retail Week Awards 2022. Brian Torley (pictured above) is one of only a handful of people across the UK to have been shortlisted for The Quadient store hero award which recognises everyday shop workers
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New research has revealed that Glasgow is the place in Scotland’s most exposed to online shopping scams. The study by leading chargeback firm and online scam specialists Payback Ltd analysed ONS data on how much different age groups shop online, and the age of the population in all 32 Scottish councils to pinpoint the area
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Home Bargains has invested approximately £1 million in its new store in Hamilton, which will be officially opened at 8.00am on 12 March. As one of the UK’s largest family-run retailers, Home Bargains is creating 44 new jobs in the local community with its store in Palace Grounds Retail Park. In total, the store will employ
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Scottish consumer confidence remained steady at -11% in the fourth quarter of 2021, in line with the rest of the UK, which experienced a drop of 1% over the same period. Overall personal expenditure in the final quarter increased for 45% of consumers in Scotland, up from 37% in the third quarter, according to the
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L-R: James Brown, Ian Reid & Roderick McQueen Lothian Road institution Wonderland Models celebrates 50 years of trading this month. The family favourite was founded in 1972 by clothing retailer Peter Barton, who saw a gap in Edinburgh’s retail landscape for a specialist model shop. The business has endured all of the ups and downs
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Product Guru, the Glasgow-based online platform that connects challenger brands with retail buyers, is set to host a series of boutique hybrid events called “Huddles” in 2022, rolling out the concept over all major retail categories. The first two events will be hosted in March, and they will be dedicated to Gift Food and Drink, and Pet
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Scottish footfall decreased by 16.2% in January, compared with two years earlier. However that is a 6.6% improvement on December. The latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and Sensormatic IQ data also showed that shopping centre footfall fell by 36.6% in January across Scotland, down from a decline of 31.9% in December. In January, footfall in
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Scotland’s largest online and offline platform for women Egg & Co opens its own physical space. A new space hosting female-led retail brands has opened on Edinburgh’s George Street. They opened the doors to its 7,000 sq ft space at 51 George Street, on the former site of Laura Ashley and more recently home to
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A renowned guitar seller is putting its employees “centre stage” by becoming the country’s first musical instrument retailer to move to employee ownership. This restructure means that 60 percent of all guitarguitar shares are now placed into an employee ownership trust [EOT] providing its 160-strong team the majority of the business and its profits. The
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