COVID19

Bluebella has launched a designer face mask for Covid-19 protection and will be donating all profits from its sale to international domestic violence charity Chayn. The stylish and feminine black…

Social distancing, which will continue for some time yet, has forced years of digital commerce transformation within just a few months. Major brands have been pushed to rapidly overhaul their…

Whilst most of the large department stores have already re-opened their doors this morning (Monday 15th June) House of Fraser has yet to announce when it will be opening their…

With English non-essential stores free to open from Monday (with health, social distancing and hygiene regulations met) Underlines Magazine assesses the mind-set of those consumers who will be coming out…

Fenwick announced today that all of its stores in England will be reopening from June 15 as lockdown measures begin to ease. The department store chain has stores located in Bond…

Personal after-hours shopping trips, online beauty appointments and entertainment for those queuing outside will form part of Selfridges’ coronavirus-era shopping offer when the retailer reopens on 15 June. The luxury…

Brown Thomas Dublin and Arnotts re-open their doors today (10th June) with Brown Thomas’ other branches in Cork, Limerick and Galway opening on 11th June (both stores closed on 18th…

UK retail sales continued to fall in May (5.9%) but the pace of decline eased as shoppers ventured out encouraged by the  warm weather, according to the British Retail Consortium’s…

Underlines talks with Carole Baguet, Lingerie Buyer at Voisins of Jersey which re-opened to the public on 12th May (some four weeks ago) to find out the ‘new normal’ of…

Rigby & Peller prepare for their UK re-opening on 15th June. The specialist intimate apparel retail group has 9 stores in the UK – 5 in London and others in…

COVID-19 continued to reshape the retail landscape in May, as consumers acclimatised to the enforced shift of shopping online. The UK’s second month under lockdown saw online retail sales swell…

British Fashion Council announces the launch of ‘Great British Designer Face Coverings: Reusable, for People and Planet’, a joint campaign with Bags of Ethics, to manufacture and retail sustainable and…