Новости за 27.03.2020

Discount fashion retailer TK Maxx has decided to temporarily close its online shop as the number of UK coronavirus cases continues to grow.

The first week of home isolation and closing stores in the UK saw mixed results for e-tail, which slowed by 2.2% year-on-year, even though week-on-week sales accelerated due to stockpiling. But fashion saw a huge plunge.

​Boots has introduced further measures to protect the health of pharmacists, colleagues and customers in store, including the distribution of 2,500 perspex screens and 20,000 protective visors.

Gifting is seeing a dramatic change in consumer behaviour as consumers prepare to celebrate everything from their birthdays, Father’s Day and Easter in isolation.

Fashion brand Baukjen and maternity specialist Isabella Oliver have offered their London head office space to the NHS.

Superdrug has revealed that many of its stores are still open to provide essential products but all in-store beauty studio services have been temporarily suspended.

Running across multiple channels, the campaign will aim to change people’s behaviour in countries across Africa and Asia to raise awareness of the need for proper hand hygiene to stop the spread of Covid-19.

River Island has added its name to the growing list of fashion brands that have halted online operations to allow warehouse staff to stay at home.

Thursday’s decision by Next to close its online retail operation temporarily could be a tipping point, an analyst said, with more retailers likely to follow suit as they respond to worker concerns over social distancing.

Mike Ashley issued a rare apology for his actions in recent days on Friday and said Frasers Group has offered its support to the NHS and is "poised and ready, with our entire fleet of lorries at their disposal".

Lakeside owner Intu is seeking emergency support from its lenders and the UK government after news that less than a third of quarterly rents it’s owed have been paid.