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“AI has the potential to revolutionise the way retailers operate,” says Theo Paphitis

28 Jun 2023

Former Dragon Theo Paphitis has predicted retail will be revolutionised by AI technology.
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The Association of Convenience Stores publish their Crime Report of 2023

23 Jun 2023

The report estimates that there were over 1.1m incidents of theft reported last year. The most commonly stolen items as reported by retailers are meat, alcohol and confectionery –... Read more…

How fine food retail can be part of the solution to ultra-processed food

19 Jun 2023

Scientists and researchers have compelling data, showing ultra-processed food could be responsible for several health conditions – a recent piece in Speciality Food Magazine set out to... Read more…

PayPoint launches digital shopper marketing platform

19 Jun 2023

Retailers will be able to drive customer spend, digital media use, push new product development and increase sales and distribution, claims PayPoint, following the launch of a new digital... Read more…

High streets of the future will need to think beyond retail, says new report

19 Jun 2023

Just 42% of people in the UK rate their local high street as good or very good, according to the latest Legal & General Rebuilding Britain Index.
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Stellar line-up for Independent Bookshop Week

19 Jun 2023

A stellar line-up of authors have been taking part in this week’s Independent Bookshop Week 2023 with the likes of Ann Cleeves, AJ Pearce, Danielle Brown, poet laureate Simon Armitage and... Read more…

Bira calls for level playing field as Amazon UK Services pays zero corporation tax again

8 Jun 2023

Bira, the British Independent Retailers Association, has expressed its concern and frustration after it was revealed that Amazon UK Services had, for the second consecutive year, paid zero... Read more…

Bank holidays fail to boost retail sales in May

7 Jun 2023

The three bank holiday weekends in May failed to boost UK retail sales, with growth slowing in May according to new industry data.
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Retailers need to rise to challenge of keeping the high street is relevant

7 Jun 2023

New data shows that the public is craving a change to their local high street in order to continue visiting it, with nearly half of those surveyed believing that high streets are no longer... Read more…

Retailers urged to prepare for ban on selling single use plastic

5 Jun 2023

The government has published guidance to help businesses prepare for the ban on single-use plastics which is due to come into force in October.
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Stellar line-up for Independent Bookshop Week

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A stellar line-up of authors have been taking part in this week’s Independent Bookshop Week 2023 with the likes of Ann Cleeves, AJ Pearce, Danielle Brown, poet laureate Simon Armitage and Pat Nevin among the authors getting involved.

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Now in its 17th year, the annual celebration of independent bookshops across the UK and Ireland, has been taking place this week with a number of events, from discussions to open mic nights featuring Rebecca Smith, doing an online event to discuss her new memoir Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside with Will Smith, a bookseller at Sam Read in Grasmere, and Reverend Richard Coles visiting Lingham’s Bookshop in the Wirral.

Other authors taking part in events across the country include Ben Kane, David Walliams and Rose Wilding, among many others. Indie presses David Fickling Books, And Other Stories and Arachne Books have also been twinning with independent bookshops as part of the week’s events.

Brixton Bookshop Round Table Books twinned with Arachne Press and hosted four free events at the bookshop. Norfolk Children’s Book Centre twinned with David Fickling Books for a visual comic book takeover of the store featuring display materials, a treasure hunt, colouring activities, competitions and the launch of “Design your own comic”, and And Other Stories joined forces with several indie bookshops including Dormouse Books, Juno Books and Phlox Books.

The #IndieBookshopWeek #BookTok Tour has also returned to Independent Bookshop Week 2023 for the second time, with BookTokkers joining the celebrations from Coventry, Manchester, Kirkcaldy, Prudhoe, Lincoln, Bridgend, Watford and Norwich. They have been visiting their local indies and sharing content about the Indie Book Awards.

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