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British retailers call on government for support as omicron escalates

The Business Booster campaign, led by Croydon Business Improvement District (BID) and backed by many other parties throughout the country, is requesting government support for the retail, hospitality and leisure sector “before it is too late”. A letter addressed to the prime minister, Boris Johnson, has been written on behalf of over 100...

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Video: Fashion after Covid-19

In this video, The Brand Show. TV has brought on industry experts to discuss what the world of fashion is going to look like in Europe after Covid-19. Watch the video below. Video: The Brand Show. TV via YouTube Photo credit: The Brand Show. TV, Facebook

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Research shows that an anti-viral treatment can inactivate coronavirus on leather

Researchers at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) working with the British Footwear Association (BFA) have discovered that while coronavirus can remain on shoe leather for up to two days that there is also an anti-viral treatment that can inactivate coronavirus after two hours. The independent research was commissioned to help the shoe...

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Lockdown results in permanent shift to online shopping

The length and severity of lockdown in the UK has resulted in a permanent shift to consumers shopping online, new data reveals. Physical stores reopened in the UK on April 12 and most other businesses resumed on May 17. Recent data by Dressipi revealed shoppers are continuing to make purchases online instead of in-store, with around 30 percent...

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Zalando gifts employees one week of vacation

Online fashion retailer Zalando has come up with a special gift for its employees for the holiday season: “zacation”, or one collective week off, as a thank you for the hard work during the pandemic. “Covid-19. When we said goodbye to the office in March, we thought: See you in four weeks. Now, a year and a bit later we see that a pandemic is...

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How shopping habits have evolved since the pandemic

Our daily habits have changed as a result of the pandemic, across all aspects of life: work, exercise and even fashion. As lockdown restrictions start to ease, it is easier to see just how drastic the effects of the pandemic have been on our choices. Trend researchers have already noticed that the types of clothing people are shopping for have...

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Never out of stock: How are fashion brands and retailers using it during the pandemic?

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the fashion industry has been struggling with vast amounts of unsold merchandise from past seasons due to store closures. Timeless never-out-of-stock collections could be a solution. For a long time, it was considered a reliable concept for the textile industry. However, even these sought after pieces are...

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Outdoor brand Salewa: “Lockdown initiated important strategic changes”

Covid-19 has not only changed the retail landscape. With it, the industry has to also adjust to completely changed parameters. The Italian Oberalp Group has taken the pandemic as an opportunity to set a new strategic course. The Italian Oberalp Group is a heavyweight in the European outdoor segment. With its six outdoor brands Salewa, Dynafit,...

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Students to “lead resurgence” of the high street

Students are most looking forward to returning to bricks and mortar shops following the lifting of Covid restrictions in England, according to research from student benefits platform, UniDays. In the survey of more than 30,000 students, 30 percent said they were looking forward to the shops reopening, more so than restaurants (26 percent), gyms...

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Canada Goose will offer staff paid leave to get Covid-19 jab

Canada Goose says it will give its employees paid leave to get Covid-19 vaccines in an effort to “remove barriers and ensure equitable access”. The Canadian outerwear brand said it will give staff up to four hours of paid leave to receive the jab, and will also offer employees across its global operations on-demand information about Covid-19...

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The world is in lockdown, yet retailers are opening new stores

The importance of brick-and-mortar retail is often questioned amid the rise of e-commerce. Consumers have increasingly favored the ease and convenience that comes with digital retail for several years, and as the pandemic forced almost all retailers to turn towards a digital-only approach for several months of 2020, the future of in-person...

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Burberry repays Covid loan boosted by online demand

Burberry has just repaid a 300 million pounds loan from the Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF.) The luxury brand was able to do that thanks to the strong online business and peaking demand amongst Chinese wealthy consumers. The luxury fashion brand is also set to repay the 7 million pounds injection it received in...