1+ week, 1+ day ago  (397+ words) The latest available figures show that 220, 490 UK businesses closed during the year leading up to Q3 2025. While business creation remains strong across many parts of the country, closure rates continue to place significant pressure on local economies, employment, and high streets....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (613+ words) Home of Direct Commerce New research on agentic commerce finds gap between consumer and merchant expectations New research from Checkout. com, a digital payments company, has found a growing gap between emerging consumer demand and the trust, control and infrastructure…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (201+ words) Home of Direct Commerce TFG to shutter 100 Phase Eight stores The Foschini Group has confirmed plans to close c. 100 underperforming Phase Eight stores as it looks to cut costs and remain "resilient in a prolonged period of constrained consumer demand. FY2026 sales…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (340+ words) Consumers increasingly expect retailers to operate at the rapid pace of social media, with viral trends, influencer culture and faster content cycles compressing demand windows and accelerating expectations for new product drops, says new data from invent. ai, the AI-native…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago  (112+ words) Home of Direct Commerce On Buy to power new easyshop. com marketplace On Buy has entered into a partnership with easy Group, which is launching a new marketplace in 21 countries across Europe later this year. The new marketplace will be…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago  (151+ words) Home of Direct Commerce British Heart Foundation to close 150 shops The British Heart Foundation has announced that it will close c. 150 stores in the next two years to ensure its retail network remains viable. It plans to close 90 stores by the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (251+ words) To help brands navigate this rapidly evolving landscape, DHL e Commerce and Applied Futurist Tom Cheesewright have identified the key short and longer-term trends that businesses simply can't afford to ignore: The next online shopper may not be human Almost…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (299+ words) New research from Collect+ reveals that nearly half (45 per cent) of UK consumers have purchased goods from international online retailers in the past 12 months, placing significant pressure on UK delivery networks to manage growing inbound volumes and increasingly complex returns....

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (249+ words) Marks & Spencer has released its full year results for the 52 weeks ended 28 March 2026, in what it described as a "year of two halves. Adjusted profit before tax was "671. 4m, down from "881. 1m, with statutory profit before tax dropping 28. 8 per cent to "364. 6m. Unsurprisingly,…...

1+ mon, 16+ hour ago  (375+ words) Home of Direct Commerce Nearly half of UK B2 B firms halt tech investment in 2026 despite widening digital sales gap Commerce, the parent company of e Commerce platform Big Commerce, has released findings from its "The Inevitable Shift" report with You…...