Retailers

Feb- 2018 -

7 February

Broadreach Nature awarded Animal Health Supplements of the Year

Pet supplements company Broadreach Nature has been given the Animal Health Supplements of the Year award at 2018’s Corporate Livewire Innovation and Excellence Global Awards. The annual awards ceremony recognises the successes of businesses, finance firms and individuals. The nominees of the Animal Health Supplements of the Year category was decided…

5 February

Brits spend £210m on pets this Valentine’s Day

Half of Brits will ditch their dates to spend money on pets this Valentine’s Day, according to research released today. A study of UK pet owners* commissioned by experts in raw and natural pet food, Natures Menu, has revealed that almost half (47 percent) will buy a pet a gift this…

5 February

‘Catfish need more than algae’, claims new campaign

King British has launched the consumer campaign, ‘Fuel your Catfish Crew’ to educate fish keepers and highlight the fact that specialist fish need specialist food. Catfish are also surrounded in myth, the most common being that plecs, more commonly known as suckermouths, will be quite happy living on a diet…

2 February

MP calls for retailers to become more ‘Disability Confident’

The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, Sarah Newton, is encouraging more retailers to realise the benefits of employing disabled people. The government has launched a new campaign to get retailers to sign up to its Disability Confident scheme which launched in 2016. According to the latest official statistics,…

Jan- 2018 -

29 January

Planning applications for retail stores falls for ninth consecutive year

Planning applications for new shops have fallen for the ninth year in a row, says platform for peer-to-peer property lending, Lendy. New research by Lendy shows that the number of planning applications for new shops and shopping centres in England are down 55 percent since the credit crunch to just…

25 January

KKR sells off remaining Pets at Home stake

American private equity firm KKR has sold off its remaining 12.3 percent stake in Pets at Home. This amounted to 62 million shares in the pet supplies retailer, which fell 2.65 percent in London trading. Shares were worth 174p each at the time, raising £108m. Merrill Lynch International and Numis…

23 January

‘Ghosted’ customers cost repeat sales

UK consumers who feel abandoned by a retailer following a purchase are less likely to purchase from the store again, a new survey finds. Narvar and YouGov asked 3000 UK consumers to uncover their biggest bugbears when shopping with online retailers. The study shows that retailers are failing to secure…

23 January

Online retail shows signs of maturing with tough 2018 ahead, says IMRG

The rate of retail sales growth is pointing to a ‘maturing market’, figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index suggest. UK online retail sales were up 12.1% on average year-on-year (YoY) in 2017, which was lower than the IMRG’s forecast of 14%. This figures also falls short of 2016’s…

22 January

UK online SMEs ‘confident’ in 2018 sales growth

UK SME online retailers have expressed confidence in the year ahead with 74% anticipating sales will increase in 2018, according to a study commissioned by Royal Mail.Some 70% of retailers asked said they had experienced an uplift in sales in 2017 compared to the previous year. The health and beauty…

22 January

Pet flea treatment polluting Britain’s freshwaters

A new study by insect and small animal charity Buglife has found that British freshwaters are heavily contaminated with neonicotinoids, which are used in flea treatments and greenhouses. The study took 23 samples from different sites in 2016; 16 from England, four in Scotland, three in Wales and three in…