Category: UK retail marketing
Poundworld claims take a pounding
What an interesting concept, the manager’s special being 3 to 9 times the price of the rest of the stock in store. When is a pound shop not a pound shop? When it sells items for £8.99, according to the Advertising Standards Authority. Wakefield-based Poundworld Retail has come a cropper with the advertising watchdog after…
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TM Lewin get it right
I’ve recently become a bit of a fan of TM Lewin. This all started when I went to their store at Cheshire Oaks. The store manager successfully got me to try a shirt on for fit. Previously I had, rather arrogantly, assumed I knew best. The result was a near perfect fit for an off…
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Specsavers: offers to make you smile
Yup, Specsavers ‘offers to make you smile’ worked for me…I smiled and laughed. The leaflet I was given on Saturday by Specsavers in Chester was for an offer that expired on 29 March 2014, about six weeks ago. Perhaps they ‘should have gone to Specsavers.’
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Cash Remains King in UK Shops
Alternative/emerging means of payment, such as online payments and money-off coupons, grew last year seemingly by 150%, although these remained a fraction of the total. But cash remains the dominant payment mechanism. Cash is still the most popular form of payment in UK shops but the popularity of vouchers and coupons is on the rise,…
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McPrepaid: Luncheon Vouchers grind beefburgers to a halt
Which retailer has done one of the best jobs of supporting and promoting contactless payments in the UK? I would say McDonald’s. All their restaurants proudly display payments terminals that accept contactless payments and they have made a considerable investment. The standard reasons a retailer/ restauranteur would want to accept contactless payments would include the speed of…
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Harry Gordon Selfridge said what?
The TV series Mr Selfridge is proving quite popular. Here are some of the great quotes from the real Harry Gordon Selfridge: Harry Selfridge: Life and Legacy Harry Gordon Selfridge, born in 1858 in Wisconsin, started life with humble beginnings and only modest prospects. After working from a young age to support his single mother,…
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