Consumer and Retail in the News – Issue 298

TW Viewpoint

The story of colour-changing gin below provides light relief from an otherwise bleak set of stories reporting tales of retailer administration, Brexit shrinkflation and UK HQs relocation. These stories in aggregate summarise just some of the challenges for UK retail – in managing Brexit-related friction on business and consumer confidence and spending power, to battling the ever-growing move to e-commerce, and maintaining relevance on the high street amid increasing costs and the uncertainty of the availability of future quality workforce. As this article shows, tech may just be the silver lining to the clouds of challenge – for those brave enough to embrace and invest in it (paywall applies).

Can tech save bricks and mortar retail?