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Retail High Street Revival The UK retail sector is experiencing a resurgence in physical store high street revivals, with shops expanding and reestablishing their in-store presence. Forrester forecasts that physical retail will make up almost 80% of global retail sales in 2025. This trend...
The world has been turned upside down in the first half of 2020, and in the UK, the last few months have been strange with Coronavirus, COVID-19 and furlough becoming entrenched in our vocabulary. The ever-changing landscape, guidelines, and serial overuse of the phrase...
This is a situation where the grass definitely seems greener. Those who have been on furlough leave can’t wait to get back to work. Those who have continued to work throughout this period and have seen their colleagues, friends and partners on furlough, are...
Lockdown seemed like the perfect opportunity to finally make our long-term dream of getting a puppy come true. However, after listening to a Radio 4 show on the perils of getting a dog during lockdown, I thought – what have I learnt from my...
As the World Health Organisation warn of a likely 2nd wave to the pandemic (1) which will sweep across the globe later in 2020 what can your organisation do now to be prepared and ready ahead of the curve to not just surf this...
With the ‘new normal’ being well and truly here and the ‘working whilst at home’ honeymoon period is also well and truly over! How can you as a project/programme leader or sponsor keep your teams engaged and working effectively to deliver the benefits you...
Change in retail has received a digital boost driven by store closures and the almost complete absence of bricks and mortar retailing (apart from grocery and the surge of PPE supplies flooding the market) during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the digital change was already...
Like you, we have read (and written) countless blogs on “how to manage a remote team effectively”; “how to motivate a disparate workforce” and “how to get the best out of a team who are dealing with the challenges of working from home”. Applying...
COVID-19 has turned our business lives upside-down. It has shown up operational weaknesses in businesses like never before. Issues that have been around for ages, that were always ‘important’ – but never urgent, have become painfully obvious and demand attention. The impact of COVID-19...
As we now spend most of our days on Teams, Zoom and Skype, we can’t help looking around as we take a peak round people’s home office set-up. Some are neatly set up to portray a certain image, whilst others are happy to share...
From 15 June ‘non-essential’ retail stores in England can open provided they are ‘covid secure’ with a range of government guidelines to help them adhere to this. Clothing, footwear and health and beauty are likely to face the toughest challenges for reopening and require...
