Waitrose is to make the first major changes to its brand advertising for seven years with a new campaign designed to celebrate the enjoyment of food.

Star Micronics, one of the world's largest POS printer manufacturers, will be exhibiting its extensive portfolio of receipt, label, barcode, ticket and kiosk printers as well as visual card systems at Retail Solutions 2008, 24-26 June 2008, Excel, London (Stand

The economic cycle has turned in the last year, and business life has changed. And for entrepreneurs above all, the environment seems harsher. By Evan Davis

Hermes Real Estate, advised by DTZ, has sold its Exeter Retail Park to CIT for £42.05 million.

Last week, plans for a retailer crackdown on staff caught stealing or committing forgery or fraud, were announced by Action Against Business Crime (AABC).

Retailers know a good sales hook when they meet one - and green is clearly the new black when it comes to products and services.By Ian Davis

Over 6 in 10 consumers (64%) go clothes shopping once a month or more.

Retailers are uniquely placed to offer flexible working arrangements and welcome recommendations to make them available to more parents, said British Retail Consortium (BRC) Director General Stephen Robertson.

The South Coast resort of Boscombe is finding itself increasingly in the media spotlight this year, as the result of Europe's first artificial surf reef being constructed for the autumn surf season.

VeriFone will be hosting a drop-in Security Advisory Clinic for retailers.

Intelligent Retail will be demonstrating its 'Connect' line of Multichannel EPoS systems at Retail Solutions for the first time.

For the 13 week period from 28 January to 27 April 2008 the Group reported an increase in like for like sales of 1.2 per cent.

Group announces five point plan admitting it has not kept pace with changing customer needs

Latest analysis of administration figures by Deloitte has shown that there have been significant drops in the number of administrations in the manufacturing and retail sectors.

Despite some early worries in January about the effects the economic downturn would have on trading at restaurant chains the past week has seen strong performances from two major listed players that has given some re-assurance to the City that

In the current climate it is not surprising that retailers are making a great amount of noise about how cheap they are compared to their rivals - particularly in the grocery sector. By Glynn Davis

The news that US-based electricals retailer Best Buy has taken a 50 per cent stake in the retail arm of Carphone Warehouse took the market by surprise.By Glynn Davis

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) is concerned that government proposals to overhaul UK workers' rights could backfire, creating serious staffing problems for many small businesses.

Reacting to the Government's Draft Legislative Programme, published today (Wednesday), the British Retail Consortium (BRC) expressed concern that the details of the Government's proposals for Business Rate Supplements will not be subject to proper consultation before the Bill is introduced

Due to economic conditions the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off until further notice.