Новости за 21.02.2020

​New research has revealed that the UK gift card and voucher market continues to defy the ongoing retail downturn, but with consumers’ appetites for experiences fuelling the growth.

Fast-growing online sportswear brand Gymshark is moving into the high street with the opening of a pop-store in London’s Covent Garden next week.

​A London-based fashion manufacturing studio has secured a £39k funding package from NatWest to invest in new machinery and talent.

Online sales proved weak during January with a 0.4% fall year-on-year, a rare situation for the e-tail sector, which is more used to seeing growth, even if that growth is occasionally quite small.

​Hammerson has sold a portfolio of seven retail parks to Orion for £400m, in what is thought to be the largest transaction of its kind in the past decade. Only one retail park remains in the company's portfolio.

As expected, value clothing chain Peacocks is buying its failed rival Bonmarché, but while the sale is already being reported, some details remain to be dealt with.

Firmenich has announced that Armand de Villoutreys is to retire as President of its Perfumery and Ingredients business on June 30. He’ll be replaced by Ilaria Resta who was most recently at Procter & Gamble.

Europe may be reeling from lower tourist numbers on the back of the coronavirus outbreak, but tourism remains a key source of shopping activity as a new report for 2019 shows.

January may not have seemed to be the best month for UK retail but according to the latest official figures from the Office for National Statistics, it was a better than expected month for the fashion sector.

Launchmetrics has tracked the data behind Pepe Jeans' partnership with Dua Lipa to measure its impact. The report uncovers a formula for success, enhanced by the brand’s own media and Dua Lipa’s global influence.