High Street
The high street remains a vital battleground for pet retailers, balancing in-person service with growing digital competition. Pet Gazette covers the role of independent pet shops, regional chains, and national retailers on UK high streets — reporting on shop openings and closures, rent pressures, footfall trends, and evolving customer expectations. We also examine localised marketing strategies, product merchandising, and how high street stores adapt to omni-channel retail. For wholesalers and suppliers, this tag offers visibility into the challenges and opportunities facing brick-and-mortar stockists across towns and cities.
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Nov- 2017 -13 NovemberCurrent Affairs
Fewer closures, more openings for high street retail
There were more high street retail businesses opening and fewer closing in the first half of 2017, according to a report from the Local Data Company. The data, which studied the top 500 British town centres, found that 2,564 stores closed in the first six months of the year whereas…
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Oct- 2017 -23 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Independent High Street retailers boom while national chains fall
Data released recently by The Local Data Company (LDC) and British Independent Retailers Association (bira) shows that traditional independent shops opened significantly more shops than in the same period last year. National chains continued to see a fall. Independents account for 65 percent of all retail and leisure units in Great Britain.…
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4 OctoberProducts
Pet bed manufacturer supports independent retailers
Eurostitch Ltd has shown its support for the independent pet trade in the UK. The West Yorkshire-based manufacturer of the Lucky Pet bed range has invested in a new website. Pet owners can place an online order for a Lucky Pet product which can then be collected from their local pet…
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3 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Shopping on the high street ‘part of the festive experience’, claims customers
Almost a third (30 percent) of British consumers are worried about Christmas disappearing from the high street, and as a result just seven percent will do all of their Christmas shopping online this year, new research has found. The rise of online shopping has hit the high street hard over recent years, but research carried…
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Sep- 2017 -18 SeptemberCurrent Affairs
New conference tells independent retailers to stay competitive
On 25 September 2017, nationwide movement SaveTheHighStreet.org will host the first High Street Conference. The event aims to unite independent businesses and encourage them to stay competitive in years to come. The Conference is free for independent retailers from anywhere in the UK, and it is being held at The Theatre RACC in…
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Aug- 2017 -14 AugustCurrent Affairs
Retail parks outperform high street and shopping centres
Retail parks showed a growth in footfall in July, with high streets and shopping centres suffering a decrease, figures from retail footfall analysts Springboard show. Footfall on the high streets fell by 2.1% which shopping centres showed a 1.3% decline. Retail parks saw a 1.7% increase. July was the fourth…
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7 AugustCurrent Affairs
High street ‘digital dinosaurs’ left behind by digital age
High street retailers who don’t keep up with new digital age will be left behind, claims new data from Worldpay. According to the payments processor, small and independent stores are seeing year on year growth of up to 8 percent by allowing customers to browse and purchase online as well…
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Jul- 2017 -28 JulyCurrent Affairs
Summer sunshine boosts retail sales
Retail sales growth picked up in the year to July, exceeding expectations for minimal growth, according to the latest monthly CBI Distributive Trades Survey. The survey of 111 firms, of which 57 were retailers, showed that the volume of sales grew at a healthy pace – driven by grocery and…
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7 JulyCurrent Affairs
Heatwave causes boost in high street sales
UK sales have risen by 1.3 percent, a partial rebound from last years’ poor result, due to the heatwave. According to BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker (HSST), UK retailers saw June’s overall like-for-like trading grow by 1.3 percent. Shoppers turned to the highstreet to update their summer wardrobe with fashion sales growing…
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May- 2017 -30 MayCurrent Affairs
‘Save the high street’, say industry leaders
The British Independent Retailers Association (bira) has shown its support for a new initiative for UK retailers. In May 2017, it joined industry leaders such as AppearHere, Bink, CityHouseMedia, CitySprint and many more, to work alongside the 120+ nationwide SaveTheHighStreet.org Retailer Advisory Board members. Together, they are implementing a programme to support…
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