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From e-commerce and high street brands to inspirational and trending topics, our weekly series will bring you up to speed on the latest hot topics from across retail, lifestyle and design; covering everything from retailer updates, changes in purchasing behaviour, inspirational case studies, and the latest trends.

 

From Gen Z reports and Paris Fashion Week, to integrating ESG for retailers and brands in their business models and initiating a sustainability focus in Garden Centres, discover this and more from the latest retail headlines this week.

 

Retail prices rise at their fastest rate in more than a decade

Retail prices rose in February at their fastest rate in over a decade, new figures show. Shop price annual inflation accelerated to 1.8% in February, up from 1.5% in January – the highest rate of inflation since November 2011, according to the BRC-NielsenIQ Shop Price Index.

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Dobbies launches its Helping Your Community Grow initiative for 2022 with a sustainability focus

Dobbies is helping Britain’s green spaces blossom this spring with the return of its popular Helping Your Community Grow initiative, with a sustainable focus for 2022.

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Poignant Virgil Abloh Off-White show opens Paris fashion week

Just over a month after the late Virgil Abloh’s final presentation for Louis Vuitton, the designer’s instalment for his personal brand Off-White opened Paris autumn-winter 2022 fashion week.

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How retailers can establish ESG as a core competency for growth and resilience

As consumers, regulatory bodies and governments increase pressure on businesses to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability and ethical labour practices, brands and ​retailers need to integrate ESG into their business models.

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Gen Z consumers want better gender equality and inclusion within fashion

Over half of Gen Z’s (61 percent) think that mainstream fashion overlooks minority groups, including non-binary and trans people, with nearly nine in ten (87 percent) believing strongly that there should be better gender equality and inclusion within fashion.

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King debuts in UK with London store

Australian furniture maker King has opened its first UK showroom on London’s Tottenham Court Road. In Australia, King is known for its fully modular sofas designed with a steel frame and its Postureflex seating system.

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