In 2017, household goods giant Wilko was fined £2.2 million after an incident at its Leicester store left a 20-year-old female worker paralysed after a cage full of paint tins fell on her.The worker, Corisande Collins, suffered the injuries as a result of trying to manoeuvre the “heavily laden metal cage” out from an uneven…
With so many well-known brand names disappearing from the high street – struggling to compete with the behemoth that is e-commerce – it’s quickly become apparent to those left that they need to change.E-commerce has grown at an exponential rate since the Internet opened up for commercial use in 1991. According to the Office for…
When Justin Bieber switched on the Christmas lights at Westfield Stratford City eight years ago, thousands of fans descended upon the 1,910,000 square feet shopping centre (one of the biggest in Europe).His arrival and departure were shown live on TV screens throughout the centre, and many fans queued backstage from 2 am for a chance…
In 2018, there were more than 366,000 reported incidents of retail shoplifting in the UK – from convenience stores to shopping centres. These figures were confirmed by research from Checkpoint Systems, a provider for loss prevention and merchandise visibility, which also highlighted that, in almost half of these incidents (43%), the suspect has gone unidentified.…