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UK consumer confidence at lowest level since May

UK consumer confidence has fallen to a six month low, the lowest since spring’s coronavirus restrictions. The findings from the GfK consumer confidence index tracker dropped a further -33 points in November, two points lower than in October, and the lowest reading since May. Consumers were particularly pessimistic about their financial...

12 hours ago

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Adidas collaborates with model Karlie Kloss

Sportswear brand Adidas has collaborated with fashion model Karlie Kloss for the first time on a new activewear collection. The collection features a range of clothing including high-performance workout bras and tights and streetwear-inspired pieces consisting of pants, parkas, shoes, shorts and t-shirts in collegial colours with orange accents....

16 hours ago

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Department store TJ Hughes fined for breaking lockdown rules

Department store group TJ Hughes has been fined 17,000 pounds by its local council in Middlesbrough for breaching lockdown rules of non-essential retailers. The council authority, which didn’t name which store, said it issued several Fixed Penalty Notices and a prohibition notice for failing to close as required under covid-19 regulations. On...

21 Nov 2020

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Klarna reaches 11 million US consumers

‘Buy now, pay later’ payment service Klarna has reached 11 million consumers in the US which is a 106 percent increase year-over-year. The company reached ten million consumers one week ago. The flexible payment service accounted for 64 percent of all ‘buy now, pay later’ app downloads in September, according to the company. The app currently...

20 Nov 2020

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Non-essential stores in Northern Ireland to close for two weeks

Northern Ireland is to close all non-essential stores for two weeks as part of a new lockdown coming into force on 27 November. Stormont First Minister Arlene Foster said Thursday: “The executive has been presented today with the sobering prospect of our hospitals becoming overwhelmed within weeks. “It is clear that a tough, carefully timed,...

20 Nov 2020

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Online consumers to double this holiday shopping season

The number of consumers planning to do their holiday shopping online has doubled from 24 percent in 2019 to 51 percent in 2020, according to new research. The research, commissioned by online data collection service Luminati Networks and carried out by market research service Vanson Bourne, asked 2,000 people, evenly split between the UK and the...

20 Nov 2020

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London Designer Outlet signs Radley

Fashion and lifestyle outlet centre London Designer Outlet has signed accessories brand Radley to open a 1,440 square foot store in the shopping centre in Wembley Park. Radley will join designer brands including Beauty Outlet, Converse, Dune, Guess, Kurt Geiger, Lee Wrangler, Levi’s, Lindt, Puma, Replay, The North Face and Zwilling. Wembley Park...

19 Nov 2020

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Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie partner with Klarna

URBN-owned fashion brands Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie have announced a partnership with Klarna to offer their European customers a ‘buy now, pay later’ payment service. The flexible payment option will be available to consumers in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. Customers in the UK will have access to instalment...

19 Nov 2020

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Champion partners with Super Mario Bros for limited-edition collection

Champion Athleticwear has partnered up with Super Mario Bros to create a limited-edition capsule collection in celebration of 35 years of the video game. The limited-edition collection includes anoraks, crews, hoodies, joggers and t-shirts featuring retro Japanese box art graphics which were created for the original Super Mario Bros. Each...

19 Nov 2020

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Clearpay introduces new partnerships for the Christmas shopping period

‘Buy now, pay later’ payment service Clearpay has announced partnerships with fashion retailers including the Arcadia Group (Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, Wallis), Signet (Ernest Jones and H Samuel), and jewellery retailer Pandora for the Christmas shopping period. Clearpay’s new merchants will be able to access the company’s...

18 Nov 2020

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Shopify partners up with Alipay to unlock cross-border commerce

Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify has announced a new partnership with online payment group Alipay to support merchants with cross-border commerce. The new partnership will allow Shopify merchants to access new global customers, provide them with the opportunity to tap into the bigger shopping seasons and holidays, and achieve seamless...

18 Nov 2020

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Sports Direct unveils first-ever Christmas advert

Sports Direct has launched its first-ever Christmas advert in a bid to showcase what it calls its new and fresh, elevated brand positioning and rebrand for 2021. The UK’s biggest sports and fitness retailer has invested 5 million pounds into its ‘Sports Starts Here’ Christmas campaign, as it looks to demonstrate its “unique high street and...

18 Nov 2020