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Dressing Room Top Accessories Retailer at Drapers Awards

Friday, May 4th, 2012

Drapers Footwear & Accessories Awards 2012Touchretail client The Dressing Room have scooped the award for Best Accessories Offer (independent and multiple) in the 2012 Drapers Footwear & Accessories Awards. The Award is sponsored by SHOWROOMONE.

Although The Dressing Room have been multiple award winners over recent years for their fashion offering, this is the first time that they have been recognised for their Accessories offer. The award provides a fantastic fillip to the buying team at The Dressing Room, who have put a lot of work and attention to their accessories collections over recent seasons. Congratulations to all at The Dressing Room from Touchretail.

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Read more about The Dressing Room on their Touchretail Client Page.

For information on Accessories Stock Control, EPOS and e-commerce as used at The Dressing Room CONTACT TOUCHRETAIL.

Drapers Footwear & Accessories Awards

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35% Rise in Online Retail Searches

Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Searches Growth YOY Q3 2011

Searches and Purchases Growth YOY Q3 2011

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) have published their latest BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor figures for the third quarter 2011. The figures compare the equivalent period in 2010, and show a vigorous 35% increase in online searches.

Online Sales still outstripping instore sales growth

Within this, searches for online only (pureplay) retailers increased by 71%, while those for multi-channel retailers rose 26%. The purchases figure shows an increase of 10%, suggesting that there is a lot of research and price comparison before completing the transaction. However, when compared to instore purchases, which only show a marginal increase of less than 1%, online sales growth is still outstripping general retail by some way. (more…)

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Aures Galeo Survives London Riots

Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Riot aftermath at Zee and Co

Riot aftermath at Zee and Co

In a week where riots throughout London and other English cities have brought despair and destruction, it’s been difficult to see any signs of good news. Touchretail client Zee and Co had their store in Roman Road, Bow completely emptied by looters – the picture showing the aftermath of the destruction caused. Every piece of their designer clothing was stolen – and shopfittings and manikins destroyed. (more…)

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Hosiery Specialist Nominated for Underlines Awards

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

TightsTightsTights window display - orange Hosiery specialist TightsTightsTights have been nominated for two Awards in the Stars: Underlines Awards – Best Newcomer and Best Reference Shop. Underlines Magazine is the trade journal for lingerie and hosiery business, and its nominations cover stores throughout the UK and Ireland. The Best Reference Shop takes into account the choice offered to the customer and the product knowledge and advice provided. (more…)

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Good Department Store figures but 70% of stores on Sale early

Friday, July 1st, 2011

Debenhams SaleLeading department store chain Debenhams have posted a second-half increase of 1.5% in like-for-like sales excluding VAT, with some other notable statistics:

  • Online, in-store ordering, and mobile sales were up by 77% (excluding VAT) over the previous year
  • Debenhams’  iPhone app has recently passed the 500,000 download mark, and has already recorded its first £1m in sales
  • Chief Executive Rob Templeman put the group’s performance down to having fashionable products and a large health and beauty department which benefits from the “lipstick effect”, where cash-strapped consumers spend what little disposable income they have on smaller, cheaper luxury items such as expensive lipsticks.

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Office Supplies Retailers Affected by Slow Economy Growth

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Guest Blog by Steph Staszko


Slow economic recovery could be to blame for office supplies retailers feeling the pinch. Despite the fact online retail is booming, online office product merchants are not among those online retailers whose sales are booming.

Office supplies retailers are said to be amongst the hardest hit online merchants. This is allegedly caused by the slower-than-expected economic recovery in the first quarter of 2011 for various reasons including: unemployment rates; government cuts and competitiveness of the industry.

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May Retail Sales Dip Through Uncertainty

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Uncertain_retail_salesConsumers’ uncertainty about jobs and income was blamed for the dip in UK retail sales figures for May, according to latest report from the BRC (British Retail Consortium). Total retail sales declined 0.3% in May year-on-year, but that was against a strong 3% increase in 2010 as reported by the BRC KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.

Within this figure there are as always variations, and while online sales growth of non-store non-food items slowed, the year-on-year increase here is still a healthy 10.4%. Sales through mobile devices continue to increase.

Weather affect

The April figures were of course relatively good down to (more…)

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More Online Retailers Refund Original Delivery Charge

Monday, June 6th, 2011

Refunds and Returns PolicyAre you one of the online retailers that refund the original delivery charge? The 2011 Online Returns and Refunds Report, carried out by Snow Valley, has found that in addition to the cost of the original goods, 30% of online retailers now also refund the original delivery charge.

Negative publicity

The equivalent figure for the previous year was only 17%. Sarah Clelland, marketing manager at Snow Valley, comments on the rising number of online retailers offering to refund the original delivery charge: (more…)

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Furniture Retail Software at the 2011 Manchester Furniture Show

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Touchretail Furniture System at Manchester Furniture Show

Touchretail Furniture System at Manchester Furniture Show

For the first time Touchretail Ltd have taken to the road and will be exhibiting the Touchretail Furniture System at the Manchester Furniture Show. Visitors to Stand A92 will be able to find out about: (more…)

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Specialist EPOS for Department Stores Case Study by Toshiba

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

Specialist EPOS for Department StoresToshiba have just published a Case Study on Specialist EPOS for Department Stores, which is featured as an advertorial in the April 2011 issue of A1 Retail magazine.

The case Study features the installation of 26 Toshiba B10 terminals at Newbury’s Camp Hopson Department Store (more…)

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