COVID-19

One Third Of UK Consumers Likely To Shop More Online Post COVID-19

One third of UK consumers say they will likely do more grocery shopping online once the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided, a study by WPP agency Kinetic has f...

Fruit Attraction Continues To Plan Its Twelfth Edition, Scheduled For October 2020

Fruit Attraction is going ahead with the planning for the twelfth edition of the event, scheduled for 20 to 22 October 2020. The organising committee an...

Starbucks Forecasts Over $2bn Drop In Quarterly Income As COVID-19 Hits

Starbucks Corp said it expects current-quarter operating income to plunge by up to $2.2 billion, and sales to decline for the rest of the year even as near...

UK Retailer B&M Says Better Placed Than Most To Cope With COVID-19

British discount retailer B&M reported a 3.2% increase in full year profit and said it was better positioned and more resilient than most to deal w...

Canada's Dollarama Posts 2.4% Decrease In Quarterly Same-Store Sales

Canadian discount retailer Dollarama Inc posted a 2.4% decrease in quarterly same-store sales, hit by store closures and a slowdown in traffic due to publi...

Żabka To Roll Out Contactless Payment Feature, Żappka Pay

Żabka Polska has announced plans to introduce a new service, Żappka Pay, which will allow customers to make payments via the Żappka app. The contact-fre...

Svensk Handel Launches Campaign To Create Safe Retail Space In Sweden

Svensk Handel, a group that represents the retail and wholesale trade in Sweden, has launched a campaign to create safe retail environment for customers an...

UK Retailers Report Smaller Drop In Annual Sales In May

British retailers reported a sharp fall in annual sales last month, but less of a decline than in April, after some COVID-19 restrictions eased and more sh...