London coffee shops have transformed since lockdown – they have had to find ways to attract shoppers back into the city when there is increasing working from home.  We identified brand experience as a key trend in the coffee shop sector for this year. Creating a brand experience enables coffee shop operators to build on their relationships with customers by making visits to their store...

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is suggested to be looking to sell Boots in 2022 for up to £5 bn. According to reports, WBA has employed Goldman Sachs as advisors to explore options for Boots, with suggestions this could lead to a sale or IPO of the business. WBA priorities to focus on Walgreens’ US operations In October 2021, WBA announced changes to its strategic priorities, putting its ...

How we shop has changed dramatically since the heyday of the out-of-town superstore in the 1990s, creating big challenges for food retailers to keep the space relevant and engaging for shoppers. Could Asda have found a winning formula with its newly relaunched Milton Keynes store? A just-completed £6.8m refit of features a host of innovations and trials that offers a vision of how large stores ...