Brick-and-mortar retail was already facing challenges on many fronts. Traditionally, consumers have been shifting their spending from the material to the experiential, and after many weeks of ecommerce buying, post-crisis online retail will surely be the default shopper preference for most product and service purchases.
Zara has unveiled a new click-and-collect pop-up store at Westfield Stratford in east London. The temporary concept store, which will remain open until May this year, has been launched while the flagship store in the shopping centre is being refurbished. The new store has been built with
eBay UK are expanding their offering yet again. In the attempt to move away from the online car boot sale image, which has served them well over the last 14 years, they are developing their relationships with some the UK’s biggest retailers. In December last year
Selfridges is to open a drive-thru click-and-collect service at its London flagship as it gears up to launch overseas delivery. The retailer will convert forecourt space off the side of its Oxford Street store so that customers can collect products ordered online without having to leave
Many talk about it, some execute individual bits of it but could seldom do we see retailers embracing many aspects of modern technology in one store. Tesco is trialling a number of these technologies in it's East London Romford store, including useful executions of QR codes, electronic shelf barkers, inventory
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