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Hospitality reopening helps the high street to double digit footfall growth
Latest data from Springboard reveals that footfall across all UK retail
destinations rose by +10.6% last week (from Sunday July 5 to Saturday July 11) from the week before – more than double the +4.1% increase in the previous week. In high streets, where the vast majority of hospitality outlets are located, the rise in footfall over the week reached +16.5%. In shopping centres, the increase in footfall was less than half this at +7.8%.eland, Scotland and Wales clearly contributed to the overall UK result. he East Midlands and an 70% lower than in 2ll in retail destinations. The result was also supported by the positive impact on footfall from the easing of restrictions in othat 4,500 counting points across 480 different shopping sites in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It is part of the Government High Street Task Force working to revitalise local high streets across the UK.
Success for Exclusively Digital
Figures from The British Home Enhancement Association (BHETA) which owns the Exclusively Show reveal that this year’s Exclusively Digital, running throughout July, has been a huge success in terms of visitor numbers and visitor profile. Exclusively Digital was conceived in March when the BHETA board postponed the live event until 2021 in response to the rapidly escalating effect of the Covid- 19 pandemic.
Just in its first two weeks,
Exclusively Digital attracted 10% more individual visitors than the two-day live show,
and twice as many overall visits. While the comparison is not like for like in the sense that each visitor to a website spends a smaller proportion of time ‘at the show’ vis a vis an in-person visit to the live event – which typically lasts at least one day - drill-down into the detail on digital attendees still proves just how popular the online event has been. Buyers from national retailers
like B&M, Lakeland, Robert Dyas and John Lewis all visited the digital event as well as buyers from garden centres like Bents and Garden & Home and from supermarkets like
Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury's and Tesco. There were also international buyers on the website such as Vanderweens in Holland. Over 100 influencers visited as well as over 200 journalists. They were all there to see
over 200 housewares and gift brands showing new and on trend products, as well as show features like the Launchpad for start up suppliers and the well respected Trend Hub.
What More UK searching for new staff and apprentices
Lancashire housewares manufacturer What More UK is on the lookout for 35 new staff members and five new apprentices.
The company said:
Thermos UK launches new e-commerce website
Thermos UK, UK, the manufacturer of portable insulated food and drink containers, has launched a new e-commerce website at
thermos.co.uk. Displaying a new brand look, the supporting
lifestyle imagery focuses on four core channels: active, commuter, glamping/festival and kids. With a view to broadening appeal to a younger audience, the site will showcase the latest Thermos range and best sellers. Thermos UK said: “With the increasing emphasis on sustainability and the drive to eliminate the use of single-use plastics, the reusable drink and food container market has seen rapid ascent. “We continually look to enhance our offering
to cater for this increasing demand. Having a mobile first ecommerce store will allow the brand to more quickly adapt, based on customer feedback.”
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‘Lockdown has proved to be a very busy period for many British manufacturers and What More UK is no exception. We’ve had to increase production to keep up with demand and, on top of that, we’ve even found capacity to produce personal protective equipment for the NHS. ‘Over the past few months,
we’ve had to put on extra shifts to keep our distribution partners fully stocked and
now we are taking on more staff to help us keep up. We supply major UK retailers and many others in foreign countries. Germany in particular is an important market for the firm. ‘While economists are
predicting hard times ahead, we have ramped up our investment in staff and machinery and have even begun a new construction project to link up our existing buildings 5 and 6.’
ProCook pledges ‘Thank You’ gift to 1,600 NHS staff
Housewares chain ProCook has said ‘Thank You’ to the NHS by donating water bottles to 1,600 front- line workers across Cheltenham and Gloucestershire hospitals. The specialist retailer, which is headquartered in the Gloucester suburb of Quedgeley, gifted the bottles to key workers in various roles across the organisation.
The staff benefitting from water bottles include critical care and theatre teams, emergency room
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employees and respiratory nurses – all of whom have been providing care for patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The donated bottles have also been shared with staff across other hospital areas including teams working with patients who are receiving cancer treatment as well as drivers, switchboard staff and waste disposal personnel. ProCook founder Daniel O’Neill said: “We wanted give something to Gloucestershire Hospital staff to say thanks for
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the fantastic job they are all doing looking after us during this pandemic. We feel it’s important to support both the frontline workers and all the ‘unsung heroes’ of the NHS, as it takes an incredible effort throughout the organisation to keep things running smoothly.”
July/August 2020
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