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Hope for High Street: Independent retail is growing

November 15, 2021

Future of Commerce

Hope for High Street: Independent retail is growing

Deloitte reported that behind the grim headline of stores closures, they were actually finding an increase in independent retail. In fact there are more independent retailers today than there were in 2017, with a 1.3% growth, and this trend is accelerating.

Diversity, retail and high street communities

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Diversity, retail and high street communities

We created Cloudshelf with a mission to help small independent and scale up retailers thrive on high streets – Why? Because during the pandemic we saw the emergence of the sense of community and purpose that many of these small retailers served.

Infinite retail: capture more sales in-store with an endless aisle solution

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Infinite retail: capture more sales in-store with an endless aisle solution

Retail technology alone is not the solution

Future of Commerce

Retail technology alone is not the solution

Retailers should not be spending money on technology in-store without clear use cases. Rather this investment must be focussed on innovations that are squarely addressing well understood problems.