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Lockdown brings ‘economic silver lining’ to BHETA members
The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has published its second quarterly economic report, which includes the impact of lockdown through to May. The document runs to almost 50 pages and pulls together multiple sources of data on trading in the home improvement, DIY, housewares, garden and small domestic appliances sectors during the lockdown period.
The study looks at category
size, growth rates and consumer behaviour, as well
as retailer updates and a macro-economic overview.
It
also includes a detailed analysis of the role of online shopping during the Covid-19 crisis. The report’s main findings
reflect the shift in consumer focus to home-related products and projects, from painting and decorating to gardening and home baking – and the increase in the pace of switch from shops to websites. In both cases, it suggests these trends are likely to continue for the remainder of 2020, even as
lockdown eases and the overall economy is squeezed. BHETA worked extensively with market data supplier GlobalData to create the report, which is available to BHETA members on an initial exclusive basis at no cost. BHETA also used its own in- house research as well as data from Google.
A Tribute to Peter Limmer By Richard Walker, commercial director of Eddingtons:
I’m writing to inform the housewares community of the sad passing of Peter Limmer on May 25. Peter was involved in the
industry for over 20 years, where he operated mainly behind the scenes, principally designing, organising and building trade stands at major housewares and gifting exhibitions. He was involved with
industry brands such as Buckingham, House of Dorchester, Breville and Antony
Worrall Thompson. Peter set up Triumph Events
Europe in the late 1990s and built every Eddingtons’ exhibition stand since then, both in the UK and abroad. More recently, he overhauled
and rebranded the Stow Green exhibition stand at the Spring Fair. Peter will be sadly missed
and remembered by the team here at Eddingtons. His bright disposition and willingness to resolve issues and go the extra mile to assure perfect project
Counterfeit goods account for 20% of e-commerce according to new report
A new report highlights the ‘huge’ threat of e-commerce counterfeiting during the coronavirus crisis, driving
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demand for more investment in security devices, says a global trade body. According to the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) the report confirms concerns about e-commerce- based business as being ripe for exploitation during the pandemic by unscrupulous counterfeiters looking to trade in fake goods. Counterfeit goods sold online can threaten consumer lives as well as damage corporate reputations and investment in companies and
their products, research indicates. The IHMA says the report’s findings must act as a wake-up call to consumer goods manufacturers to step up the implementation of anti- counterfeiting measures to protect brands as part of their investment in packaging strategies alongside e- commerce platforms.
The news comes as a study
by a community media platform revealed that 20% of products sold on e-commerce are counterfeit.
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Covid-19 continued to reshape the retail landscape in May, as consumers acclimatised to the enforced shift of shopping online. The UK’s second month under lock down saw online retail sales swell to a twelve-year high, up +32.7% in May. That’s according to IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales performance of over 200 retailers. Last month’s results were overwhelmingly
driven by soaring sales in three categories – home and garden, electricals, and beer, wine & spirit. Likely boosted by May’s record-breaking 266 hours of sunshine, home and garden sales were up +162.6% year-on-year and an equally huge +138% year to date.
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delivery was second to none. There was always a power point for a kettle and fridge in place, whether we had ordered one or not!
Waitrose on track to quadruple London shopping slots in under a year
After laying out plans in May to double the number of
Waitrose.com slots in London with the opening of a second online fulfilment centre, Waitrose has announced a third such site. The new centre will significantly further increase the availability of delivery slots for customers in and around the capital. The centre, in Greenford, West London, will be opened and operated with logistics company Wincanton plc – Britain’s largest third-party logistics provider. The joint approach builds on a 20 year relationship with Wincanton supplying operations for Waitrose shops – and will help ensure the site is up and running providing slots to customers as soon as possible, potentially as early as December of this year. Once established, the centre will create 800 jobs for the local area, and will mean London shoppers will have the potential to choose from four-times as many
Waitrose.com delivery slots.
Online retail booms through lockdown
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