The retail sector in the UK is experiencing rapid change and this inevitably creates winners and losers.  However, many are quick to point to the bad news stories and slow to recognise the bright spots – if we believe everything the media is telling us it is […]

At Dymond Shop Fittings we specialise in creating bespoke metal shop fittings and well-designed retail displays for shopfitters, retail designers and store owners – so we have a substantial interest in the future prospects for retailers with a physical presence.  With that in mind we take a look ahead at some […]

In our previous post “Why bricks & mortar retailing is not on the way out” we shared a number of reports and news items that suggest e-commerce won’t be replacing physical High Street stores any time soon.  Naturally we’re pleased about this as Dymond Shopfittings is focused […]

Mark Twain, on reading his own obituary (yes, they had fake news way back in 1897) remarked that “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” The same could be said of shops on the High Street. At Dymond Shopfitting we specialise in creating bespoke metal shop […]

While the media seemed intent on whipping us all into a frenzy of worry about the UK’s future trading relationship with Europe, and by extension the nation’s economic prospects as a whole, the nation’s citizens continued to shop as eagerly as ever.  As our business at Dymond […]

What has autumn got in store for UK retailers? These are tense times for the British economy, and the nation’s shopkeepers.  The retail sector is especially sensitive to everything from consumer confidence to the strength of the pound and the rate of inflation to interest rate movements […]