Retail News

Yesterday’s confirmation that the High Street will reopen next week will boost the spirits of shoppers and retailers alike. The home delivery expert ParcelHero is dubbing Monday the ‘Glorious Twelfth’ but warns that the shopping frenzy at the end of the first lockdown fizzled out very quickly. It says half of all shoppers will never return to their pre-Covid High Street spending levels. Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed yesterday that non-essential retail stores will finally…

Leading electrical retailer, Hughes, has extended its remit with the UK’s leading two- person delivery ArrowXL, to provide a 24-hour delivery service. It builds on a nine year partnership which has seen ArrowXL provide a range of home delivery and connection services for customers using a nominated day delivery.  Under the terms of the new deal a 24-hour delivery option will be added for key lines, with stock kept at ArrowXL’s warehouse facility in Worcester….

The latest ONS retail figures reveal Lockdown 3 continued to have a devastating impact on the High Street in February. A rise of 2.2% in sales won’t save the High Street while online sales are snatching 36.1% of the entire retail spend, warns ParcelHero. Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show a slight rise of 2.2% in the value of retail sales in February against the previous month.  This is just…

The latest ONS retail figures reveal Lockdown 3 had a devastating impact on the High Street, while online sales soared to a record 35.2% of the entire retail spend. ParcelHero says January’s figures show how essential ‘non-essential’ stores really are. Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) highlight the ongoing devastation lockdown is having on the High Street. The value of UK retail sales collapsed -7.8% in January compared to the previous…

The Chancellor is reportedly planning the introduction of a new online sales tax. The home delivery expert ParcelHero says Britain’s growing army of online shoppers must not be duped into paying the cost of Covid. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is reportedly considering controversial plans to level the playing field between High Street and online costs by introducing a new online sales tax. More details are likely to emerge in next month’s Spring Budget. The plan follows…

Home Bargains one the UK’s leading discount retailers has chosen Access XL to supply a mixture of column and multi-deck tail lifts for work on multi-drop deliveries to over 500 Home Bargains stores throughout the UK. Designed by Access XL, the lifts are specified for operation with double-deck and urban trailers and says the company, being British-built are not expected to present any tariff or supply problems post-Brexit. “This is a busy operation” says Home…