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A number of emerging risks could plunge UK retailing into crisis over the next 10 years, according to new research from Verdict Consulting, which says that retailers must be proactive in managing these risks if they are to survive.

Online retailers are holding their own despite worsening conditions in the high street, with UK shoppers spending 38% more over the internet in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2007.

A fall in retail sales between May and June hit a new low, the 3.9% slump being the largest since Office for National Statistics records began in 1986.

Six members of the cookshop fraternity recently enjoyed the first UK retailer trip organised by distributor Haus to the Rosle factory in Marktoberdorf, Germany.

As knife crime gains an increasingly-high profile, the design of kitchen knives is at the centre of a growing debate.

The London housewares and homewares store favoured by royalty, The General Trading Company, went into administration yesterday.

Creative Tops has become the latest sponsor of Britain’s Best Retailer Awards – in a brand new category.

Worcester cookshop Cookmate has scooped the winning prize in a window display competition organised by Typhoon – cleverly using an idea based on the Typhoon name.

After the surprise year-on-year growth in retail sales and traffic in May, latest figures from SPSL’s Retail Traffic Index show shopper footfall numbers in decline again.

Beleaguered US housewares and homewares retailer Linens ‘n Things is reported to be planning to shut an additional 87 stores.

Amefa is putting its weight behind Britain’s Best Retailer Awards for the second year running.