Retail Week Live kicked off in London yesterday, with its usual mix of great speakers, inspiring insights and enjoyable conversations.
Retail Week Live is back for 2023 – and here are six of our highlights to look out for
Retail Week Live is back for 2023, and CannyInsights.com is delighted to again be attending and reporting from the event as a Media Partner.
Retail Week Live 2022: The five speakers we’re most excited about at #RWL2022
Among all the insight and inspiration at Retail Week Live, here are the five speakers we’re perhaps most excited of all to be hearing from.
Shop Hartlepool: Why town centre marketing campaigns are good for places, businesses and shoppers
It goes without saying that Covid has been an immense challenge for pretty much everyone – whether because of the disruption to businesses, or on a personal and human level. It can be hard to draw positives out of such a difficult time, but one side-effect of the pandemic, as I’ve noted before, has been a renewed emphasis on, and appetite for, shopping independent and…
Newcastle wine merchant Cavavin impresses with its range, service and kerb appeal
Today, I started my morning at a pub in Durham – visiting The Waiting Room as part of my Indie Durham City work – and ended it in a wine shop in Newcastle! Cavavin is apparently a well-known fascia and buying group in France, but it is still relatively new to the UK. There are currently five franchisee-run UK stores, including this one in Newcastle…
“Together we can change the narrative”, Graham Soult tells indie retailer audience in keynote speech at ERT conference
“The high street is evolving – as it always has done – but it’s far from dead”, consultant Graham Soult told the ERT conference in London.
Of course empty shops are a challenge – but what we read in the press doesn’t always bear scrutiny
When places like Hull are portrayed as having the “highest number of empty shops”, we first need to scrutinise the data behind those claims.
“I’m fed up of being told the department store model is finished”, Fenwick CEO tells Retail Week Live
Fenwick CEO John Edgar discussed the recipe for department store success in response to a question by Graham Soult at Retail Week Live.
The Shape of the Future High Street: Speech by Graham Soult to The Clothworkers’ Company Court & Livery Dinner, 20 July 2021
Graham Soult was delighted to be the guest speaker at The Clothworkers’ Company Court & Livery Dinner on 20 July 2021.
Iceland’s new convenience format makes a Swift impact
Iceland chose Newcastle for the unveiling of its first Swift convenience store, and we headed over for a look on the opening day.