Major retailers are scouring the region for large units capable of supporting the dramatic increase in online shopping, with analysts predicting £7.75bn will be spent online during December alone
Category: Retail
Christmas spending spree on cards as Bristol shoppers put gloom on hold
Despite household budgets being squeezed tighter this year, figures from Barclays predict that spending will be up by 4% this December on the same month last year.
Cabot Circus appoints new centre manager
Cabot Circus has appointed Stephanie Lacey to the position of Centre Manager, whose role will focus on managing the day-to-day running of the Bristol shopping centre and developing the retail mix
Consumer confidence falls to four-month low
Nationwide said it was a relief the drop was not bigger during a month when many UK major cities hit by riots and global economic uncertainty hit share prices
Bristol ethical food co-op celebrates 40th birthday
Essential Trading will this Friday celebrate its 40th anniversary as a co-operative dedicated to vegetarian, organic, sustainable and ethical trading
Bristol online retailer in line for national award
Homeleisuredirect.com was founded in 2007 by husband and wife team Michelle and Andy Beresford and has now grown to become the UK’s largest Games Room Retailer
Jobs lost as Bristol’s TJ Hughes store is set to close
The Bristol branch of collapsed retailer TJ Hughes is one of nine stores administrators Ernst & Young has decided to close later this month with the loss of 58 jobs