Archive for June 2021

Small independent brands like Copperhouse Chocolate are attaching less value to their physical units having focused on other areas of revenue generation during Covid-19 and the various lockdowns. From a unit on Islington’s Chapel Market in North London Copperhouse Chocolate operates a cafe in the front end and has production facilities in the back where…

Greater focus must be placed on reusing unwanted electrical goods rather than on recycling within the UK, which lags behind the rest of Europe partly as a result of the ongoing stigma attached to buying second-hand goods. Cris Stephenson, CEO of Environcom – the UK’s leading independent recycler of e-waste and provider of reuse, says…

Visiting the Tillingham Winery in the rolling countryside on the edge of the East Sussex town of Rye was not only a relief to be out of stuffy London on what was a gloriously hot day but it also gave some insights into what hospitality businesses might well need to embrace in the post-covid-19 world.…

Visiting St John restaurant in the Clerkenwell area of London for the first time in about 15 years was an enjoyable experience, partly because of the familiarity I felt even though I can hardly call myself a regular. From my recollection, very little seemed to have changed over the intervening years apart from the fact…

Welcome to this column within our broader sustainability section which focuses on what fashion retailing is doing to address the issues in its industry. This month’s column asks whether sustainable edit will help close the ‘attitude-behaviour’ gap for consumers. Brought to you by Retail Insider with Clipper and Give Back Box. Earlier this year online fashion platform Zalando…

Sat near the entrance to the New Forest Inn, near Lyndhurst, enjoying an early evening pint of local beer and an expected quiet read of my newspaper, I was continuously interrupted by visitors popping their heads around the door enquiring about a table for dinner and being told the place was fully booked. This process…

Last year in difficult circumstances Retail Insider celebrated the tenth issue of the successful Movers & Shakers report. This year with a brand new sponsor, WonderLane, onboard and an excellent panel of judges we are raring to begin the second decade of this popular report. The process for choosing the ranked individuals begins, as always,…

One of the great mysteries in foodservice over the years has been just how uninspiring the cafes have been within the major supermarkets. Despite the fact they are supposedly experts in food they have always delivered a poor dining offer within their own stores. Their long-standing argument seems to have been that everybody hates food…

The Retail Insider 2021 Transforming Retail Awards is now open for entries. Each week we will be profiling one of the categories to see which kind of companies have entered and won over the past four years and to see if we can spot any themes emerging. This week we are looking at the theme…

Retail Insider, in partnership with novomind, held its latest ‘Zoom Cocktail Hour’ with Simon Palethorpe, president, Carnival UK (P&O Cruises & Cunard) who gave insights into how Carnival UK has dealt with Covid-19 and is building for the future. With ships stranded around the world, with thousands of passengers and staff aboard, it was a major challenge…

Having completed some chores the other day, I’d planned to grab a coffee while walking back home but then it suddenly dawned on me I could actually go into the pub and have a beer instead. A wave of power and opportunity washed over me – what would I drink, who might I meet in…